Microscope Surgery

Outpatient Care

admin — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 19:26:48 +0000

Microscope surgery can be done in an outpatient basis. Most people do not need to stay overnight in a hospital. The patient will need a companion to assist with travel and home care after outpatient surgery. Follow up care by the surgeon is important. Many would ask what happens during a cataract microscope surgery.

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Intracapsular Surgery

admin — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 19:26:03 +0000

Intracapsular surgery involves removing the entire lens, including the capsule through microscope surgery. In the past, cataracts were removed by intracapsular surgery in which the entire lens and lens capsule were removed. Intracapsular surgery is rarely, if ever, used today. It is more difficult and has a higher rate of complications than extracapsular procedures.

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Extracapsular Surgery

admin — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 19:25:05 +0000

Extracapsular surgery is a procedure which consists of undergoing a microscope surgery to remove the lens, but leaving the back half of the capsule, or the outer covering of the lens, whole. High frequency sound waves, through, phacoemulsification may be used to soften the lens to help removing it through a smaller cut.

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Cataract Treatment: Microscope Surgery

admin — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 19:22:19 +0000

The only treatment for cataract is to undergo a microscope surgery to remove it. This is done when a person cannot perform normal activities, even with the use of glasses. For some people, changing glasses, getting stronger bifocals, or using a magnifying lens is helpful enough. Others choose to have cataract surgery. If a cataract is not bothersome, then surgery is usually not necessary. Sometimes there is an additional eye problem that cannot be treated without first having cataract surgery. Cataract microscope surgery consists of removing the lens of the eye and replacing it with an artificial lens. A cataract surgeon will discuss the options with the patient, and together they will decide which type of removal and lens replacement will be for the best.

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Cataract Microscope Surgery

admin — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 19:21:14 +0000

Microscope surgery is currently the only way to correct vision loss caused by cataracts. But cataracts in older adults usually do not always need to be removed. The vision loss from a cataract often happens slowly and may never become severe in such cases.

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Microsurgical Procedures

admin — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:25:16 +0000

Microsurgical procedures are performed on parts of the body that are best visualized under a surgical microscope. Examples of such structures are small blood vessels, nerves, and tubes. Microsurgery uses techniques that have been performed by surgeons since the early twentieth century, such as blood vessel repair and organ transplantation, but under conditions that make traditional vascular surgery difficult or impossible.

The first microvascular surgery, using a surgical microscope to aid in the repair of blood vessels, was described by Jules Jacobson of the University of Vermont in 1960. The first successful replantation or reattachment of an amputated body part was reported in 1964 by Harry Bunke. (more…)