The procedure is safe and effective but according to the american academy of opthalmology laser cataract surgery is more costly than the traditional method and the cost is not.
Phaco laser eye surgery.
Aspirated fluids are replaced with irrigation of balanced salt solution to maintain the anterior chamber.
The laser may be useful when correcting for astigmatism aligning an astigmatism correcting intraocular lens or softening a dense cataract.
The surgery usually takes well under an hour.
Phacoemulsification is the name for traditional cataract surgery.
Your surgeon creates a small incision in your cornea by hand with a scalpel.
Laser surgery for cataracts is the removal of a lens that has a cataract followed by replacement of the lens in the eye with an artificial prescription lens.
During laser assisted cataract surgery your doctor typically uses the laser to make all incisions and to soften the cataract for removal by ultrasound phacoemulsification.
Not all cataract surgery is done by a laser these days.