Till a few decades back cataract surgery used to mean prolonged bed rest and absence from work. Phacoemulsification made cataract removal surgery very safe with fast recovery. It cut short admission and enabled a day care procedure with minimum disruption in a patient’s life.

The search for a safer, faster and easier surgery resulted in micro phaco cataract surgery. This has been aptly nicknamed “pinhole surgery” as the incision size was further reduced by 40%.

The main advantage of the much smaller incision is the faster healing and therefore quicker rehabilitation to the patient. Smaller incision means more control to the surgeon during surgery as the wound is more stable. Thus the patients safety and the surgeons comfort level is enhanced.

The Phaco surgery is ideally suited for people wanting to start working soon after surgery. As the procedure is safer than conventional phaco patients with higher risk profile like diabetics and nephrology patients should ideally opt for this procedure. This would be the best option for complicated and difficult surgeries.

The only disadvantage of Micro Phaco Surgery is that it needs sophisticated, computerized, ultrasound machines which can give pulsed power to enable the entire lens to be pulverized and removed by a thin needle.

Microphaco has made the already painless and safe 15 minute phaco procedure into a much faster computer controlled ultra precision surgery with very predictable results.

Costs of Micro Phaco

33000/- to 45000/- per eye.

Authored By Dr. Neera Agrawal