Cataract surgery----conventional or laser?

hop
Mon, 05 Jun 2017 01:52:34 +0000

I faced the same issue this past year and went with the conventional method, rather than the machine-version. Trusting the doctor with either method is critical, so my thinking was that trusting him with my eyes at all means that I can trust him to do the cut. Paying an addition $1500.00 per eye that my insurance company wasn’t going to cover
didn’t seem worthwhile.

Asking the doctor, he said outcomes are comparable for both and that he was confident with his experience.
Because he operates at a third-party surgical center, he said that he feels the laser version for this surgery is more up-sell than new technique.

Don’t worry about the surgery in general – the whole thing is weird, but way less stressful than I had imagined.
The most difficult thing about the procedures are all of the darn drops before and after.
My cataracts were on the early side (I’m in my 50’s) and I have other vision issues, but the results have been mostly good, although I’m just about to have the ‘capsule’ release laser zap that MADad mention upthread.

Either choice should be fine.