Cataract surgery | Kent Eye Centre

Cataract Surgery

Kent Eye Centre has a new State-of-the-art Cataract Surgery Suite using a Verion System

The Verion Image Guided System is a suite of integrated surgical planning and digital guidance technologies designed to help eye surgeons consistently achieve their refractive targets for patients undergoing cataract surgery. It consists of multiple proprietary technologies, including the Verion Reference Unit and the Verion Digital Markers, each designed to help eye surgeons add greater accuracy and efficiency during the planning and executing of refractive cataract surgery. You can find videos online which offer additional information about the Verion Image Guided System.

Common Questions

See some common questions and answers below.

What Is A Cataract?

A cataract is a clouding of the lens in your eye.

Your lens sits just behind your iris (the colour part of your eye). Normally your lens is clear and helps to focus the light entering your eye. Developing cataracts will cause your sight to become cloudy and misty. Cataracts usually affect both eyes but can affect just one eye, or affect one eye before the other.

Cataracts are treated bt surgery, during which the cloudy lens is removed and replaced by an artificial lens.
What Are The Symptoms of Cataracts?
- Blurred vision
- Experiencing double vision in the affected eye
- Increased sensitivity to bright colours
- Observing halos around light bulbs or tube-lights
- Colours look faded
How Can Cataract Surgery Help You?

Cataracts can be removed at any stage, you do not have to wait for them to "ripen" before having surgery. Chosing to have cataract surgery cataract surgery can significantly improve your everyday lifestyle and we can provide many different artifically lenses to meet your specific requirements and needs, with the majority of our patients opting to be glasses free following their surgery!

CHOICE OF INTRAOCULAR LENS

One of the benefits of private cataract surgery is the ability to choose what kind of lens is implanted.

There are three main types of Premium Intraocular Lenses , which may be suitable for you, which will increase the chance of you not needing glasses after surgery.

Learn More About Your Intraocular Lens (IOL) Options

Monofocal Lenses

With traditional cataract surgery, you will receive a standard monofocal lens that will provide good distance vision, but you will still require glasses for near vision and possibly for intermediate vision.

This lens is available on the NHS.

(Astigmatism-Correcting Lens)

If you have astigmatism and choose cataract surgery with astigmatism-correcting monofocal lenses, you will eliminate both cataracts and astigmatism, allowing you to regain quality distance vision.

This lens is not available on the NHS.

Learn more about Toric Lenses

Multifocal Lenses

A multifocal lens can improve near, far, and intermediate vison, allowing most patients to function with little need for glasses.

This lens is not available on the NHS.

Learn more about Multifocal Lenses

Astigmatism-Correcting Lens

If you have astigmatism and choose laser cataract surgery with astigmatism-correcting multifocal lens, you will eliminate both cataracts and astigmatism, whilst also improving near, far, and intermediate vison, allowing most patients to function with little need for glasses.

This lens is not available on the NHS.

Learn more about Toric Lenses