Cataract ultrasound emulsification is currently the most advanced cataract removal surgery method. It is one of the fastest developing and most high-technology emerging surgical techniques in recent years, combining sound, light, machine and electricity.
The procedure is performed only through a minimally invasive incision of 2.8 – 3.2mm, and the lens nucleus (the central part of the cataract) is crushed with ultrasound, together with the cortex (the peripheral part of the cataract and the front and back of the lens nucleus), and then an artificial lens is implanted into the retained lens capsule to replace the function of the aspirated cloudy lens (cataract). This procedure can be performed when the cataract has developed to a visual acuity of less than 0.3 (some 0.5). The advantages of this procedure are small incision, less tissue damage, short operation time, and fast recovery of vision.
In addition to short operation time, small incision, light postoperative reaction, small postoperative astigmatism and no hospitalization, the procedure is easy to control, safer and more stable, and there is no need to wait for the cataract to fully mature before surgery. Meanwhile, its unique advantages are increasingly favored by more and more ophthalmologists.
Over the years, Jiangsu Provincial People’s Hospital has invested in the world’s most advanced ultrasound emulsification instrument and other advanced instruments, which have enabled tens of thousands of cataract patients to regain their sight. Cataract surgery in Jiangsu Provincial People’s Hospital is all minimally invasive surgery, which means that advanced ultrasound emulsification technology is used to aspirate the cataract and combine with IOL implantation at the same time.