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Procedure | Price Range | |
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Cataract Eye Surgery Cost Average | $1,100 - $3,000 | Free Quote |
Facility | City | Type |
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Straith Clinic | Bingham Farms | Acute Care Hospital |
Saint Joseph Mercy Livingston Hospital | Howell | Acute Care Hospital |
Oakwood Heritage Hospital | Taylor | Acute Care Hospital |
Columbia Surgical Center | Troy | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Oakland Regional Hospital | Southfield | Acute Care Hospital |
Great Lakes Surgical Center | Southfield | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Beaumont Macomb Township ASC | Macomb | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Berry Center and the Berry Center | Farmington Hills | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Sinai-grace Hospital | Detroit | Acute Care Hospital |
Henry Ford Medical Center Fairlane | Dearborn | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Maple Millennium Medical Center | Sterling Heights | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Poh Medical Center | Pontiac | Acute Care Hospital |
Oakwood Annapolis Hospital | Wayne | Acute Care Hospital |
Port Huron Hospital | Port Huron | Acute Care Hospital |
Southgate Surgery Center | Southgate | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Woodland Ambulatory Surgery, Trinity Health-michigan | Brighton | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Saint Mary Mercy Hospital | Livonia | Acute Care Hospital |
Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital | Wyandotte | Acute Care Hospital |
Utica ASC Partners | Utica | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Lapeer County Surgery Center | Lapeer | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Rochester Endoscopy and Surgery Center | Rochester Hills | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Harper University Hospital | Detroit | Acute Care Hospital |
Dearborn Surgery Center | Dearborn | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
William Beaumont Hospital | West Bloomfield | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Saint John River District Hospital | East China Township | Acute Care Hospital |
Lapeer Regional Medical Center | Lapeer | Acute Care Hospital |
Garden City Hospital | Garden City | Acute Care Hospital |
Lakeshore Surgery Center | Fort Gratiot | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Saint John North Shores Hospital | Harrison Township | Acute Care Hospital |
Surgery Center of Michigan | Sterling Heights | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Sinai Grace Hospital | Detroit | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
St Clair Shores Mi Ophthalmology ASC | Saint Clair Shores | Eye Surgery Center |
Henry Ford Macomb Hospital - Warren Campus | Warren | Acute Care Hospital |
Beaumont Hospital , Troy | Troy | Acute Care Hospital |
Henry Ford Macomb Hospital | Clinton Township | Acute Care Hospital |
Saint Joseph Mercy Oakland | Pontiac | Acute Care Hospital |
New Millinium Surgery Center | Southfield | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Birmingham Ambulatory Surgical Center | Troy | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Crittenton Hospital Medical Center | Rochester | Acute Care Hospital |
Huron Valley-sinai Hospital | Commerce | Acute Care Hospital |
Oakland Surgi-center | Rochester Hills | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Northern Macomb Surgical Center | Macomb | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
North Oakland ASC | Waterford | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Henry Ford Cottage Hospital | Grosse Pointe Farms | Acute Care Hospital |
Brighton Hospital | Brighton | Acute Care Hospital |
Saint John Hospital and Medical Center | Detroit | Acute Care Hospital |
Mount Clemens Regional Medical Center | Mount Clemens | Acute Care Hospital |
Mercy Hospital | Port Huron | Acute Care Hospital |
Michigan Center for Outpatient Ocular Surgery | Fraser | Eye Surgery Center |
ASC-TCG | Clinton Township | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Royal Oak Medical Center | Royal Oak | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
North Oakland Medical Centers | Pontiac | Acute Care Hospital |
The Waterford Partners Center | Waterford | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
American Surgical Centers | West Bloomfield | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Unasource Surgery Center | Troy | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
MD Surgicenter | Rochester Hills | Eye Surgery Center |
Rochester Surgery Center | Rochester Hills | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Blue Water Surgery Center | Port Huron | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Novi Surgery Center | Novi | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Henry Ford Hospital | Detroit | Acute Care Hospital |
Providence Hospital | Southfield | Acute Care Hospital |
Saint John Macomb Hospital | Warren | Acute Care Hospital |
Botsford Hospital | Farmington Hills | Acute Care Hospital |
Outpatient Endoscopy and Surgi Center | Saint Clair Shores | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Oakwood Southshore Surgery Center | Trenton | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Saint John Oakland Hospital | Madison Heights | Acute Care Hospital |
Livonia Ambulatory Surgical Center | Livonia | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
St. John Surgery Center | Saint Clair Shores | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Henry Ford Medical Center Lakeside | Sterling Heights | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak | Royal Oak | Acute Care Hospital |
Surgical Center of Michigan . | Troy | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Lakes Surgery Center | West Bloomfield | 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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