Cataract surgery in patients that have had laser vision correction

Cataract surgery in patients that have had laser vision correction is a special clinical situation.  Having had lasik alters the curvature of the cornea and can make our calculations of intraocular lens power in cataract surgery inaccurate.  The board certified eye doctors at North Shore Eye Care in Smithtown New York in Long Island have made a great investment to help improve their implant lens power measurements following lasik.  In cataract surgery, the cloudy or defective natural lens of the eye is removed and an implant lens is used to replace the natural lens and restore vision.  It is important to have the power of that lens be precisely correct for each patient. 

The Pentacam, a new corneal measuring device called a topographer is the only corneal topographer currently able to measure the true corneal power.  This helps us to give our cataract patients the clearest possible vision.  With the Pentacam, there is less guessing about implant power because the machine gives you the actual corneal power.  Dr. Holladay, a world renowned ophthalmologist, designed the programs that allow the Pentacam to be so accurate.  With Pentacam, it makes no difference if a patient has had previous LASIK or laser vision correction because the machine can calculate the change with precision.

We are thrilled to offer our patients the Pentacam.  This step further solidifies North Shore Eye Care as the leader in cataract surgery in Suffolk County of Long Island.