Robotic Assisted Laser Cataract Surgery

The Best of Both Worlds

By merging your surgeon's expertise and skill with cutting-edge robotic intelligence and precision, Robotic Laser Cataract Surgery offers an unmatched solution. This leading-edge cataract procedure delivers optimal vision results while ensuring total peace of mind.

Why Choose Robotic Cataract Surgery?

Robotic laser cataract surgery with the ALLY Robotic Cataract Laser System™ gives you the opportunity to treat your cataracts and restore your vision to its full potential in the same procedure. When you choose a robotic laser cataract surgery, you are choosing the latest procedure available to treat and restore one of your most valuable senses—your sight.

Benefits of ALLY Robotic Laser Cataract Surgery

Enhanced Precision: The robotic laser technology maximizes precision by reducing surgical variations and ensuring accuracy.

Efficiency: Reduces your time in the operating room by integrating multiple surgical steps into one process.

Customization: The ALLY system offers unique personalization tailored to your unique eye anatomy and vision needs.

Improved Outcomes: With its enhanced precision when placing lens implants and correcting astigmatism, patients can enjoy better visual outcomes.

Patient Comfort: This minimally invasive approach means you’ll experience a smoother, more comfortable procedure.

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What are Cataracts?

As your eyes get older, the natural lens inside them can lose its clarity, developing what's known as a cataract. This condition develops when lens proteins deteriorate and cluster together, creating a clouding effect that's like peering through a misty windowpane. Daily activities become challenging - reading materials appear blurry, nighttime driving turns hazardous, and faces lose their sharp definition. While cataracts affect countless individuals globally, modern surgical techniques offer an effective solution to bring back crystal-clear vision.

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What Is Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery?

Robotic Laser Cataract Surgery, or laser cataract surgery, uses advanced femtosecond lasers, the same type of laser used in LASIK eye surgery, to enhance several steps of the procedure. Typically, cataract surgeons use a scalpel to make an incision in the cornea and access the lens capsule. Then, they use an ultrasonic device to break apart your cataracts. Instead of relying on manual techniques, the laser used in robotic cataract surgery creates the incisions, opens the lens capsule, and breaks up the cataract-affected natural lens. The ALLY Robotic Cataract System also provides your cataract surgeon with a 3-D view of your eye. This level of accuracy can help them be more precise when placing new lens implants, improving patient outcomes and help ensure optimal results for your vision.

Nashville Eye Doctors &

Vision Care Specialists You Can Trust

Our devoted team of experts is skilled in all aspects of ophthalmology and takes pride in delivering our patients the highest quality and most personalized care. Our highly trained staff specializes in providing advanced laser correction procedures, including LASIK, cataract surgery, refractive lens replacement, eye surgery, glaucoma treatments, dry eye therapy, and thorough eye exams.

We offer knowledge and reputation you can trust.

We put your safety above all else. Together we'll carefully consider every option available. We'll explore medical, laser and surgical techniques, always choosing the gentlest, safest treatment path that's right for you.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Cataracts typically develop over a long period of time, as the proteins within the natural lens start to break down and form clumps that cloud your vision. They are usually age-related, and you may not notice any symptoms for years. As cataracts progress further, you may notice symptoms like:

Cloudy or blurry vision
Poor night vision
Seeing halos or glare around lights
Difficulty reading in low-light environments

ncreased nearsightedness
Needing frequent prescription changes
Faded or yellowed colors
Double vision

If these symptoms begin impacting your ability to do things like driving, reading, working, socializing, or enjoying your favorite activities, it is time to consider cataract surgery. When you schedule an appointment with Dr. Jim Loden, he will perform a comprehensive eye exam to diagnose your cataracts and assess how far they have progressed. Once detected and diagnosed, he can go over various lens implant options and determine which one is best for you.

Dr. Loden will use lens implants, also known as intraocular lenses (IOL) replace the cataract-affected natural lens of the eye during your laser-assisted cataract surgery. At your cataract surgery consultation, he will discuss the options offered at Loden Vision Centers and use factors like your medical history, lifestyle, and vision needs to determine the best lens implant for you. Depending on your unique circumstances, your eye doctor may recommend different IOLs, including monofocal lenses, which correct vision at one distance, an astigmatism-correcting lenses, multifocal/accommodative lenses, which improve vision across multiple distances, or trifocal lenses, which provide clear vision across three distinct distances. If you select a premium lifestyle lens implant for your laser-assisted cataract surgery, you may be able to achieve even better vision than you had before developing cataracts.

After robotic laser cataract surgery, you will need a family member or friend to drive you home to begin recovery. They will also need to drive you to your follow-up appointments until you are cleared by Dr. Loden to resume driving. Make sure to follow all of his postoperative directions, including applying prescription eye drops, not rubbing your eye, refraining from strenuous physical activity, and wearing UV-protective sunglasses when outside. Your vision will continue to improve as you heal, with most patients noticing visual improvements and returning to most activities within the first one to three days after the procedure. Once you’re fully healed, you can start enjoying your new cataract-free vision and get back to all the things you love with improved clarity!