Improved Visual Results For Cataract Surgery Patients OptiPlus Provides Surgeons Operative Measurements For a More Precise Cataract Procedure

By Jonathan D. Solomon, MD

Solomons Eye Associates

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Improved Visual Results For Cataract Surgery Patients OptiPlus Provides Surgeons Operative Measurements For a More Precise Cataract Procedure

OptiPlus is a revolutionary new option used during your cataract procedure to optimize your postoperative visual outcomes. OptiPlus provides an on-demand analysis of your eye, not possible with today's conventional measurements and instruments. At any point in the cataract procedure, your surgeon can easily take a measurement, which is then analyzed and used to guide your surgeon's decision making to optimize the vision of your eye.

Prior to OptiPlus, ophthalmologists were unable to assess the quality of vision during a cataract procedure, and would often have to wait weeks or even months after the surgery to determine the accuracy of the procedure and the patient's visual results.

Using this revolutionary measurement option, we can now evaluate the optical conditions in the eye throughout the cataract procedure and make decisions at the precise moment that can best affect visual outcomes. The OptiPlus measurement occurs when and where it matters most during the cataract procedure not in the office or after the procedure. OptiPlus can guide surgeons to determine the most accurate intraocular lens implant prescription and astigmatism correction.

A cataract is a painless clouding of the eye's natural crystalline lens. Cataract surgery involves removing the clouded natural lens of the eye (the cataract) and replacing it with an artificial lens implant. It is the most common surgical procedure in the world with 14 million procedures performed each year.

As a cataract progresses, the possibility of cataract eye surgery should be strongly considered, as a cataract, if left untreated, could lead to blindness. In fact, cataracts are the leading cause of vision loss in people over the age of 55. However, with the advances in cataract eye surgery, patients no longer have to wait until a cataract “ripens” to a certain point before it can be removed. Cloudy vision can now be corrected at an earlier stage without repercussions. Modern cataract eye surgery has a high success rate.

OptiPlus works by using an instrument that directs a beam of low intensity laser light into the eye during the surgical procedure. The laser light reflects off of the patient's retina, and sensors in the instrument analyze the reflected wave of light exiting the eye. This real-time analysis measures all of the eye's unique optical characteristics, and gives the surgeon an accurate measurement of the eye's focusing capabilities. OptiPlus is the first ever testing option that uses the ORA System intraoperative wavefront aberrometer.