Hillcrest Private Hospital can now perform bladeless cataract surgery, a first for KZN, thanks to the recently installed state of the art femtosecond laser.
This technology represents a major advancement in the way cataract surgery is performed. Cataract surgery is one of the safest operations performed in medicine today and has now become even safer with the use of fully computer generated and guided laser controlled surgical incisions to perform the entire operation without any manual blades or knives.
Due to the extreme precision of the laser, the incision is perfectly round, the exact size, in the exact position and with minimal stress to the eye. The key benefit is that cataract surgery is now even safer.
Dr Bill Nortje, ophthalmologist, said, ”This state of the art laser has now replaced the manual steps that the surgeon performs, using advanced physics and technology to determine the exact position and shape of the individual patient’s eye. Based on these measurements the laser machine is able to customise the incision for each individual patient.”
