Artificial ones are better than "original ones". 3D femtosecond laser helps an 82-year-old man regain his youthful vision

Cataracts are not unfamiliar to many middle-aged and elderly people. As the world's leading cause of blindness, cataracts are common in people over 50 years old, and the incidence rate increases with age, seriously affecting the quality of life of the middle-aged and elderly population. It is an absolute vision "killer". Experts said that with the development of 3D femtosecond cataract surgery, the current cutting-edge precision refractive cataract surgery can solve patients' cataract problems while also solving patients' myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, presbyopia and other refractive problems at one time.

Fear of surgery

82-year-old man has cataracts for 10 years without surgery

Mr. Hu, 82 years old this year, has been keeping his hobbies of reading, newspapers and photography since retirement. But since ten years ago, his eyesight has been declining. When he was diagnosed with cataracts and needed surgery at the hospital, he was afraid, “I can still see now, what if I can’t see after the surgery?” Because he was conservative and afraid that artificial “parts” were not as reliable as original ones, he was reluctant to have surgery.

But in the past two years, due to eye problems, Mr. Hu, who loves photography, can hardly see the screen clearly in the sun and can only take pictures based on his feeling... As his vision became increasingly blurred, his life was seriously affected. In addition, many people around him had surgery, so Mr. Hu, who was afraid of surgery, finally decided to go to the hospital for surgery.

After a detailed examination, and knowing that the old man had hobbies such as photography and reading, Dr. Wang Yong, deputy director of Wuhan University Aier Eye Hospital and director of the Cataract and Presbyopia Department, customized a 3D femtosecond cataract surgery for him. After the surgery, the old man's vision improved from 0.3 to 1.0. "I didn't expect that the artificial one was better than the 'original' one. I should have done it earlier."

3D femtosecond laser cataract surgery helps improve eye health

The treatment of cataracts, from the ancient Indian golden needle removal technique to the extracapsular cataract extraction, intracapsular cataract extraction, and now the refractive cataract surgery, has proven that surgery is the current scientific method for treating cataracts. Other methods such as "eye drops", "acupuncture", and "massage" cannot treat cataracts. Dr. Wang Yong said that cataract surgery is now very mature, with a variety of surgical methods to meet the different needs of different people.

Dr. Wang Yong is performing 3D femtosecond laser cataract surgery on a patient. Photo by correspondent Pei Nishang

The current cutting-edge precision refractive cataract surgery can solve the patient's cataract problem while also solving the patient's myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, presbyopia and other refractive problems at one time. Dr. Wang Yong pointed out that 3D femtosecond laser cataract surgery has the following four advantages compared to traditional phacoemulsification cataract surgery: no knife, femtosecond laser replaces most manual operations, and there is no need to use a scalpel; laser, the entire operation is precisely guided by a computer, which shortens the operation time, formulates a surgical plan for each patient, and provides better visual quality; precision, under the guidance of a computer, femtosecond laser technology can make precise minimally invasive incisions, perform perfect lens capsule tearing and nucleus splitting, which is more accurate than manual incisions; safety, 3D intelligent real-time imaging, 360-degree comprehensive scanning of cataract morphology, improve the safety of complex cataract surgery, and greatly improve the success rate.

Dr. Wang Yong said, "In the era of digitalization and artificial intelligence, Aier will be committed to realizing the development of digital ophthalmology to assist in precise refractive cataract surgery, and bring more accurate, safer, more efficient and more refined ophthalmic diagnosis and treatment services to more patients!"