Sentences with phrase «using phacoemulsification»

Surgery (canine lens extraction using phacoemulsification) can be used to restore sight to the affected dog; however, it has only a 75 % long term success rate in restoring useful vision.

Cataract surgery is performed using phacoemulsification to break up the cloudy lens and aspirate it from the eye.

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If both eyes are affected, cataracts are usually treated by removing the lenses, using surgery for an older dog with compact lenses, but a younger dog's soft lenses can be broken up by sound waves and sucked out — a process called phacoemulsification.

The Ophthalmology Service has the benefit of access to state - of - the - art equipment for use in veterinary patients, including laser, phacoemulsification, electroretinogram (ERG), ocular ultrasounds, and high - resolution ocular ultrasound.

The patient is anesthetized, maintained on sevoflurane, paralyzed using atracurim, placed on a ventilator, the lenses removed via phacoemulsification, and intraocular (artificial) lens implants are inserted.

Then, the surgeon uses a technique called phacoemulsification, in which he uses a small ultrasonic handpiece that breaks up the cataract and aspirates it out of the eye.