About the cararact surgery procedure.Cataract surgery is performed as an outpatient procedure, and is a brief procedure. After the cataract surgery, patients can go home to rest in comfort, and follow their doctor’s instructions. Currently, there is no medical...
Complete eye health includes having healthy eyes and healthy eyelids. Common eyelid problems include excess eyelid skin, droopy eyelids or eyelids that turn inward or outward. The problems can cause eye discomfort, limit vision, and affect appearance. Fortunately,...
What is glaucoma? Glaucoma is a disease of the optic nerve – the part of the eye that carries the images we see to the brain. The optic nerve is made up of many nerve fibers, like electric cable containing numerous wires. When damage to optic nerve fibers...
A Patients Guide to Lasers in Modern Eye Care Lasers use a complex system of crystals, gases, lenses, mirrors, and mechanisms for focusing and cooling to produce an extremely intense, uniform beam of light of a single color or wavelength. The energy of this beam can...
When You Arrive Upon arriving at St. Barbara’s Surgery Center, you will be welcomed by one of our friendly receptionists. You will be asked to sign into our register and fill out any remaining paperwork required for your medical record. Please refer to the...
We recognize with any procedure, patients and family have questions regarding a host of topics. We have taken the most frequently asked questions (FAQ) and grouped them into pre-operative, anesthesia, and post-operative sections. If you still have a question that is...
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