Your expert for a successful cataract surgery in Frankfurt
Cataract is a clouding of the eye lens, which is medically correctly called cataract. In the advanced stage, a gray coloration can clearly be seen behind the pupil of affected persons, which is where the alternative and more commonly used term cataract comes from. Through a surgery, which we also perform in Frankfurt, the impairment of vision can be corrected with the help of an artificial lens implant. If you also suffer from a cataract, you are in the right hands with our first-class specialists.
Patients who have cataract suffer a slowly progressing, painless loss of vision. This leads to reduced contrast vision, impaired color vision, increasing sensitivity to glare and a decrease in visual acuity. Overall, those affected describe the overall picture as “blurred vision”. If the diagnosis is cataract, the only treatment option is surgery. In our practice in Frankfurt we perform a total of about 1500 eye surgeries and laser treatments every year, which is why the surgical procedure for cataract has become not only in Germany (650000 operations per year) but also for us a routine procedure.
Nevertheless, we of course approach every treatment with the necessary respect and professional preparation. In the procedure, the clouded natural lens is replaced by an artificial lens. This is usually done on an outpatient basis under local anesthesia. The success rate of the procedure for cataract is to be considered high, even if certain factors can make the surgery more difficult. This is the case, for example, when too much time has passed and an overripe clouding of the lens has developed over time. Therefore we recommend early preventive examinations.
Correcting vision defects and cataract in only one surgery in Frankfurt
If the examination is not delayed too long and there are no other eye diseases present, vision can be normalized again through cataract surgery at Augenland in Frankfurt. Our specialists perform the medical procedures with drop anesthesia, without anesthesia, without sutures and with the latest technology on an outpatient basis. After the surgery patients still need reading or varifocal glasses. In the standard procedure, patients receive in the course of a cataract surgery a so-called monofocal lens, which does not correct existing vision defects such as astigmatism and presbyopia. A special lens makes it possible for you to see well at all distances.
Since January 2012 in Germany the implantation of such premium lenses is partially reimbursed by the health insurance funds. The patient then only pays the difference between a standard lens and the special lens as well as the additional cost for the adjustment. We are happy to advise you in a personal consultation which lens is best suited for you and what costs may arise. We place the highest value on your satisfaction.