Cataract removal

Eye Center
Bangkok Hospital Phuket

• Length of stay (in Phuket): Around 10 – 14 days in Phuket are required
• Surgery: 1 hour
• Anesthesia: Local Anesthesia
• Hospitalization: It is not necessary to stay overnight in the hospital.
• Follow up: Around 1 week after surgery

Treatment of Cataracts:
The treatment of cataract can be done under surgery only. A cataract should be removed when vision loss interferes with your daily activities Surgery consists of removing the lens and replacing them with artificial ones, which are life long.

There are 2 ways removing cataract:
Two different types of standard cataract surgery can be used. Your ophthalmologist will discuss these surgical options with you. Together, you will decide which type of lens replacement is best.

1. Extracapsular surgery
This procedure is suitable for the worst cataract, which cannot be able to destroy with the ultrasound wave. It consists of surgically removing the lens by making around 10 mm. incision on the side of the cornea but leaving intact the back half of capsule (the outer covering of the lens) to replace with the artificial lens.

2. Phacoemulsification (Surgery with Ultrasound Wave)
Today, most favorable used technique, also called small incision cataract surgery or ‘Phaco' surgery. There are compared advantages as follows:
• The surgery can be performed with the early stage of the cataract symptom.
• No-stitch surgery requires only 3.2 – 4.2 mm. incision.
• The faster healing, which makes hospitalisation, is not necessary for the postoperative care.
• The clear and steady vision after surgery more rapidly improves.
• With short postoperative care, you can go back to every work earlier compared to   Extracapsular surgery.