Dr. Garretson has personally performed pre and post-operative care on thousands of patients.  Not only can he determine if you need cataract surgery, but he can recommend the perfect lens implant to suit your lifestyle and budget.  There are several lens implant options that can give you independence from glasses.  He also partners with the best surgeons in the area to give you the best care possible.

What Does Cataract Surgery Involve?

Cataract surgery is the removal of the natural lens of the eye (also called "crystalline lens") that has developed an opacification, which is referred to as a cataract. Metabolic changes of the crystalline lens fibers over the time lead to the development of the cataract and loss of transparency, causing impairment or loss of vision. During cataract surgery, a patient's cloudy natural lens is removed and replaced with a synthetic lens to restore the lens's transparency.

Following surgical removal of the natural lens, an artificial intraocular lens implant is inserted. Cataract surgery is generally performed in an outpatient setting in a surgical center or hospital, using local anesthesia, usually causing little or no discomfort to the patient. Well over 90% of operations are successful in restoring useful vision, with a low complication rate. Day care, minimally invasive, small incision, no-stitch procedures with quick post-op recovery has become the standard of care in cataract surgery all over the world.