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Procedure | Price Range | |
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Cataract Eye Surgery Cost Average | $875 - $2,400 | Free Quote |
Facility | City | Type |
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Texas Health Surgery Center Craig Ranch | Mckinney | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Texas Eye Surgery Center | Hurst | Eye Surgery Center |
Rockwall Surgery Center | Rockwall | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Arlington Memorial Hospital | Arlington | Acute Care Hospital |
Specialty Surgery Center of Fort Worth | Hurst | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Surgery Center at Park City Medical Complex | Weatherford | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
North Dallas Surgicare | Richardson | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
University Hospital- Zale Lipshy | Dallas | Acute Care Hospital |
Texas Surgery Center | Dallas | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Healthsouth Medical Center of Dallas | Dallas | Acute Care Hospital |
Presbyterian Hospital of Denton | Denton | Acute Care Hospital |
Baylor Medical Center at Waxahachie | Waxahachie | Acute Care Hospital |
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth | Fort Worth | Acute Care Hospital |
Mary Shiels Hospital | Dallas | Acute Care Hospital |
UTSW Clinical Procedure Center | Dallas | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Mansfield Surgery Center | Mansfield | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Reagan Eye Center | Waxahachie | Eye Surgery Center |
Southwest Surgical Hospital | Hurst | Acute Care Hospital |
Specialty Surgery Center | Greenville | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Huguley Memorial Medical Center | Burleson | Acute Care Hospital |
Lone Star Surgical Center | Plano | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Prestonwood Surgery Center | Plano | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Paragon Ambulatory Health Resources | Dallas | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Swiss Avenue Surgicenter | Dallas | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Denton Surgery Center at Presbyterian Hospital of Denton | Denton | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Surgery Center of Plano | Plano | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Baylor Surgicare at Valley View | Dallas | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Heath Surgicare | Heath | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
National Surgicare JV1 | Mesquite | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Regency Hospital of North Dallas | Carrollton | Acute Care Hospital |
Harris Methodist HEB Hospital | Bedford | Acute Care Hospital |
North Carrier Surgicenter | Grand Prairie | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Macarthur Surgery Center | Irving | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Plaza Day Surgery | Fort Worth | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Texas Pediatric Surgery Center | North Richland Hills | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Surgery Center of Richardson | Richardson | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Doctors Surgery Center at Huguley | Burleson | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Waxahachie Surgery Pavilion | Waxahachie | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Summit Surgery Center | Plano | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Baylor Surgicare at Grapevine | Grapevine | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Surgical Caregivers of Fort Worth | Fort Worth | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Cityview Surgery Center | Fort Worth | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Renaissance Hospital - Terrell | Terrell | Acute Care Hospital |
Plano Surgery Center | Plano | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Baylor Surgicare at Plano | Plano | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Irving Coppell Surgical Hospital | Irving | Acute Care Hospital |
Arlington Day Surgery Center | Arlington | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Cornerstone Surgery Center | Carrollton | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Metroplex Ambulatory Surgical Center | Grand Prairie | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
The Clinic for Special Surgery | Fort Worth | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Cook Children's Ambulatory Surgery Center | Hurst | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Dallas Ophthalmology Center | Dallas | Eye Surgery Center |
Surgery Center of Northpoint | Dallas | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Surgery Center of Arlington | Arlington | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Presbyterian Hospital of Commerce | Commerce | Critical Access (Rural) Hospital |
Southwest Endoscopy and Surgery Center | Burleson | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Ambulatory Surgery Center of North Dallas | Dallas | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Lewisville Surgery Center | Lewisville | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Physicians Surgical Center of Fort Worth | Fort Worth | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Irving Surgery Center | Irving | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Preston Plaza Surgery Center | Dallas | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
University Hospital- St.Paul | Dallas | Acute Care Hospital |
Surgery Center of Duncanville | Duncanville | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Trinity Medical Center | Carrollton | Acute Care Hospital |
Heritage Surgery Center | Mckinney | Eye Surgery Center |
Texas Health Surgery Center Dallas | Dallas | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
The Palladium for Surgery Dallas | Dallas | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
North Central Surgical Center | Dallas | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Doctors Hospital of Dallas | Dallas | Acute Care Hospital |
Trinity Park Surgery Center | Arlington | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Day Surgery Center at Drmc | Denton | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Methodist Dallas Medical Center | Dallas | Acute Care Hospital |
JPS Diagnostic and Surgery Hospital of Arlington | Arlington | Acute Care Hospital |
Medical Village Surgery Center | Grand Prairie | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Ambulatory Health Systems | Dallas | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Greenville Physicians Surgery Center | Greenville | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Refractive Precision Laser Center | Dallas | Eye Surgery Center |
Pediatric Surgery Center | Plano | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Surgery Center of Waxahachie | Waxahachie | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Bent Tree Surgery Center | Dallas | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
David A Ray Bridgeport Surgery Center | Bridgeport | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Park Central Surgical Center | Dallas | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Park Cities Surgery Center | University Park | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Dallas Day Surgery of Texas - North | Dallas | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Regency Hospital of Fort Worth | Fort Worth | Acute Care Hospital |
Baylor Surgicare at Garland | Garland | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Central Park Surgery Center | Arlington | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Sierra Surgery Center | Dallas | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Baylor Surgicare at Oakmont | Fort Worth | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
North Garland Surgery Center | Garland | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Medical City Surgery Center Las Colinas | Irving | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Surgeyecare General Partnership | Dallas | Eye Surgery Center |
Surgery Center of Lewisville | Lewisville | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Legacy Surgery Center of Frisco | Frisco | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Baylor Regional Medical Center at Grapevine | Grapevine | Acute Care Hospital |
Same Day Surgicare | Arlington | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Texas Health Outpatient Surgery Center - Fort Worth | Fort Worth | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Baylor Surgicare | Dallas | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Dallas Day Surgery of Texas | Dallas | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Specialty Surgery Center of Dallas | Dallas | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Centennial Surgery Center | Frisco | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Dallas Surgi Center | Dallas | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Daytime Outpatient Surgery Center | Fort Worth | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Breckenridge Surgery Center | Richardson | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
North Texas Surgery Center | Dallas | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Parkland Health and Hospital System | Dallas | Acute Care Hospital |
Metroplex Surgicare | Bedford | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Mesquite Community Hospital | Mesquite | Acute Care Hospital |
RHD Memorial Medical Center | Dallas | Acute Care Hospital |
Surgical and Diagnostic Center | Hurst | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Cleburne Surgical Center | Cleburne | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Physicians Surgical Center of Fort Worth | Fort Worth | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Medical City Surgery Center McKinney | Mckinney | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
North Hills Hospital | North Richland Hills | Acute Care Hospital |
Ellis Surgical Pavilion | Waxahachie | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Harris Methodist Walls Regional Hospital | Cleburne | Acute Care Hospital |
Wise Regional Health System - East Campus | Decatur | Acute Care Hospital |
Baylor Surgicare at Denton | Denton | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
John Peter Smith Hospital | Fort Worth | Acute Care Hospital |
Calloway Creek Surgery Center | North Richland Hills | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Cataract Surgery Introduction
Cataract surgery is one of the most common operations performed on an outpatient basis and one of the safest and most effective. Surgery involves removing the cloudy lens and replacing it with a substitute lens. If cataracts are present in both eyes, they cannot be removed at the same time. Your physician will need to perform surgery on each eye separately. This procedure is usually performed in less than 30 minutes and usually requires only minimal sedation and numbing eye drops, no stitches to close the wound, and no eye patch after surgery. There are no medications, dietary supplements, exercises, or optical devices that have been shown to prevent or cure symptomatic cataracts. Changes in diet and watchful waiting is the most common advice for non-symptomatic cataracts. There are two major types of ECCE: manual expression, in which the lens is removed through an incision made in the cornea or the sclera of the eye; and phacoemulsification, in which the lens is broken into fragments inside the capsule by ultrasound energy and removed by aspiration. The particular method and type of replacement lens will be determined by your physician.
Cataract Surgery Patient Preparation
A brief physical exam will be performed. Inform your physician of any medications you are routinely taking. You will need to have special testing known as keratometry to determine the strength of the IOL needed. Other specific instructions will be provided usually limiting eating or drinking. It is very important to follow these instructions. Arrangements should be made for transportation after the surgery is complete.
What to expect during and after Cataract Surgery
Most cataract surgery takes less than an hour and is done with minimal anesthesia and numbing drops. After the area around the eye has been cleansed with antiseptic, sterile drops are used to cover most of the patient's face. The patient is given either a local anesthetic to numb the tissues around the eye or a topical anesthetic to numb the eye itself. An eyelid holder is used to hold the eye open during the procedure. If the patient is very nervous, the doctor may administer a sedative intravenously. After the anesthetic has taken effect, a very small incision is made, the lens is removed and the IOL is inserted and placed in the correct position. During this time you may notice the sensation of pressure from the various instruments used during the procedure.
After leaving the operating room, you will be brought to a recovery room where your doctor will prescribe several eye drops that you will need to take for a few weeks postoperatively and provide specific care instructions. While you may notice some discomfort, most patients do not experience significant pain following surgery; if you do you experience decreasing vision or significant pain, you should contact your ophthalmologist immediately. In some cases, within months to years after surgery, the thin lens capsule may become cloudy, and you may have the sensation that the cataract is returning because your vision is becoming blurry again. This process is termed posterior capsule opacification, or a "secondary cataract." To restore vision, a laser is used in the office to painlessly create a hole in the cloudy bag. This procedure takes only a few minutes in the office, and vision usually improves rapidly. The lens prescription should be checked after surgery, as it is likely to need adjustment.
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