Cataract Treatment
To date, there is no pharmacological treatment to prevent the appearance of age-related cataracts, nor to delay or stop their development, as it is part of the body’s natural aging process. In other words, the cataract progresses irremediably over time and, therefore, the loss of transparency of the lens is irrecoverable.
The only definitive treatment to effectively solve the vision problems caused by cataracts remains surgical.
Over more than three decades, Oftalmedic Salvà has established itself as a pioneering centre that constantly innovates in treatments and techniques of guaranteed efficacy and safety and that incorporates cutting-edge medical technology that makes a difference, in order to benefit the patient and simplify their recovery as much as possible.
Thus, since 2012, we have been making the Femtosecond Laser available to our patients, which is the leading technology for cataract surgery and eyestrain surgery, in a pioneering and exclusive way in the Balearic Islands. Currently, we have the latest generation of this type of laser, the Catalys laser, in our firm commitment to innovation and technology.
In addition, we currently have the Smart Operating Room for cataract surgery. It is a pioneering and unique technology in the Balearic Islands that, thanks to the interconnection of all the teams involved in the surgery process, achieves fast, safe and personalised procedures and optimal results.
Cataract Treatment with Laser
The arrival of the femtosecond laser has meant an important evolution in traditional cataract surgery, as it modifies and brings significant advantages to the technique that has been practiced since the 90s and incorporates outstanding applications to surgical procedures of the lens, such as cataracts and eyestrain.
The levels of precision and safety provided by this computer-controlled technology are impossible to achieve through conventional surgery, as it mechanizes the initial phase of cataract treatment that, until now, was performed manually.
Advantages of the Catalys femtosecond laser
- Knifeless surgery (minimally invasive procedure), which offers greater safety and precision in maneuvers due to the automation of surgical procedures, thus minimizing possible errors associated with the human factor.
- High-resolution scanning and 3D reconstruction of the ocular surface and cataract density, in particular, to adapt the treatment to the structures of each eye.
- Less surgical time.
- Reduced use of ultrasound energy needed to fragment the lens, which means greater protection of endothelial cells.
- More optimized and predictable results.
The Catalys femtosecond laser for cataract surgery by Oftalmedic Salvà is equipped with Streamline® technology that also allows:
- The correction of astigmatism in the same procedure.
- The wireless connection between the diagnostic equipment that takes preoperative information from the patient’s eye and the laser itself.
- The elaboration of a pattern of fragmentation of the crystalline lens, as well as a guide for the placement of the intraocular lens that will replace it.
The latest treatment, at Oftalmedic Salvà
The constant evolution in cataract surgery has made it one of the most widespread surgeries in ophthalmology and with the greatest postoperative success. Currently, the femtosecond laser cataract treatment offered exclusively by Oftalmedic Salvà in the Balearic Islands is the most advanced technique to solve this visual problem associated with age.
This outpatient surgery, which is performed under topical anaesthesia (anaesthesia in drops), consists of the removal of the cataract (opacified lens) and its replacement with an artificial intraocular lens, so that the patient recovers normal vision. The most widely used surgical technique until the arrival of the femtosecond laser is phacoemulsification with ultrasound, which consists of dissolving the cataract into microfragments for subsequent extraction.
Cataract surgery assisted by femtosecond laser has been a great advance in terms of safety, precision and speed, as it allows the surgeon to program the laser parameters, in advance and based on the anatomical characteristics of the patient’s eye, to perform the three most relevant phases of the procedure:
Once the cataract has been removed (PHASE 4), an intraocular lens is placed in the place occupied by the crystalline lens (PHASE 5) that will perform the same function and has the prescription adapted to the operated eye.
Smart Operating Room:
End cataracts with the best technology
The Smart Operating Room connects all the teams involved in the surgery process. In this way, it offers fast, safe and personalized surgeries based on the unique needs of each person.
In the case of cataract surgery, through the Smart Operating Room the diagnostic equipment (Argos biometer) detects and measures all the ocular structures, creating a “3D reconstruction” of the patient’s eye and making an exact calculation of the power needed for the intraocular lens. After all this information is obtained, it is transmitted directly to the smart microscope. This has an image guidance system (Verion) that assists the surgeon in orienting the lens on the correct axis, an issue especially relevant in the case of patients with astigmatism. In this way, together with the phacoemulsifier (Veritas) and the femtosecond laser (Catalys), cataract surgery is carried out with unprecedented accuracy and in a way that is absolutely adapted to the specific needs of each patient.
This technological advance provides greater precision and absolute personalization to these interventions, both in the preoperative phases and in surgical acts. Thanks to this, it offers “tailor-made” and robotic eye surgeries, in which there is more safety and less dependence on the human factor.
