Premium Cataract Surgery in Riverhead and Smithtown
In Smithtown and Riverhead, Long Island New York, North Shore Eye Care provides a modern and warm eye care experience. Our board certified eye surgeons use the best in technique and technology leading to your best vision. From your first contact with North Shore Eye Care, you will feel welcome and confident that you have arrived at the right eye care facility. Our staff is kind and accommodating so that you have an appointment that is convenient for you. When you come to one of our offices in Smithtown or Riverhead, we use the best in technology to make sure that we leave no stone unturned. When you come in for a cataract surgery consultation, we check for glaucoma, diabetic eye disease, macular degeneration, eyelid problems as well as dry eye. We make sure that the cataract is the cause of the difficulty with your vision. After a thorough exam with one of our board certified cataract experts, you decide along with our eye doctors that cataract surgery is what is best for you and that you are ready. These procedures can usually be postponed until you are ready for cataract surgery. You will meet with our cataract surgery counselor and she will discuss dates for surgery and explain the entire process.
Cataract Procedure
The day of cataract surgery, you arrive at the eye surgery center at your given time. You are able to stay in your own comfortable clothes and receive IV sedation from our board certified anesthesiologist. You lie on a comfortable bed and see the bright light of the microscope Cataract surgery is not painful and takes just a few minutes in most cases. Through a small incision, our cataract experts are able to remove the cloudy lens of the eye (the cataract) and replace it with a new intraocular lens implant. There are several types of implants lenses. Some correct only distance vision. Some correct distance and near vision and others correct astigmatism. You will pick the lens that is best for you with the help of our ophthalmologists. Cataract surgery is typically a one time surgery so it is important that you understand your options and choose the implant lens that best suits your desired result. After cataract surgery, we have you recover for a few minutes and then you are free to leave and return to your home. We suggest that you relax that first day and let the eye heal. There is rarely any pain or discomfort and visual recovery is fast. We see you the next day in the office for a check-up and by the following week, you are able to resume full activity.