Explore cataract surgery and lens care in Odessa, Florida, with Dr. Nicholas Bottaro. Begin by understanding what has changed in your vision and what matters in your everyday life.
Start with a consultationA cataract is clouding of the eye’s natural lens. It can affect how clearly you see and may change the way light looks to you.
An eye examination helps determine whether cataracts are contributing to your concerns. If surgery is appropriate, the discussion includes replacing the clouded lens with an artificial lens and choosing an approach for your individual eyes.
Bring your questions, your activities, and your priorities. Those details belong in the conversation.
Understanding your eyes and your goals comes first. Your consultation is the place to discuss whether cataract surgery is appropriate, what it involves, and the plan for follow-up.
From a prescription refined after surgery to lenses designed for a range of distances, we help you understand the possibilities and the trade-offs.
The Light Adjustable Lens allows us to fine-tune your lens prescription after cataract surgery using a series of in-office light treatments, then lock in the result. It requires additional visits and careful use of prescribed UV-protective glasses during all waking hours after surgery until 24 hours after the final lock-in treatment, following your surgical team’s instructions.
A trifocal lens designed to provide distance, intermediate, and near vision after cataract surgery. It may reduce the need for glasses across everyday activities. Your eye health and visual priorities help determine whether it is a good fit.
A full-range-of-vision lens designed to support distance, intermediate, and near vision after cataract surgery. We consider the tasks that matter to you, your eye health, and your comfort with the lens’s potential visual trade-offs.
This FDA-approved lens uses a spiral design to support distance, intermediate, and near vision after cataract surgery. It offers another approach to personalized lens selection for appropriate patients.
No lens guarantees freedom from glasses. Multifocal and other range-of-vision lenses can involve halos, glare, or reduced contrast, especially in dim light. Eye health can also limit suitability. We compare these considerations with other lens approaches before you decide.
Dr. Bottaro offers Light Adjustable Lens surgery with personalized postoperative adjustments.
The process brings together preoperative planning, careful postoperative measurements, and a series of light treatments guided by your visual goals. Once the prescription is finalized, the result is locked in.
Candidacy and commitment to follow-up matter. We explain the additional visits, protective-glasses requirements, limitations, and alternatives before surgery.
Discuss what you notice, your medical and eye history, and how vision affects your daily activities.
Review examination findings, lens considerations, alternatives, and the benefits and risks of treatment with your surgeon.
If you decide to move forward, the practice explains the preparation and follow-up plan specific to you.
No. Your examination, visual needs, and the effect on daily life guide a discussion about whether and when surgery may be appropriate.
Lens selection is a personalized discussion. Your eye health, measurements, visual goals, and the trade-offs of different options all matter. No lens can guarantee a particular result or freedom from glasses.
The lens prescription can be refined after surgery using controlled light treatments, then locked in. It requires additional visits and UV-protective glasses during all waking hours after surgery until 24 hours after the final lock-in treatment, following your surgical team’s instructions. Suitability depends on your eye health and ability to follow the treatment plan.
Yes. These are among the lens options offered by the practice. Each has a different design and trade-offs. Your surgeon will discuss which options are appropriate for your eyes rather than choosing on a brand name alone.
Cataract surgery can cause infection, bleeding, swelling, changes in eye pressure, retinal detachment, and vision loss. Glasses or additional treatment may still be needed. Your surgeon will explain your individual risks, alternatives, and follow-up before you decide.
Your surgeon will provide individual instructions about medication, activities, warning signs, and follow-up. Recovery varies. Follow the postoperative instructions provided by your care team.
General educational information. Treatment is individualized after an examination and a discussion of benefits, risks, and alternatives.
Patient information & clinical references: NEI: cataract surgery ↗ · Alcon: PanOptix Pro ↗ · FDA: enVista Envy ↗ · FDA: RayOne Galaxy ↗ · RxSight: Light Adjustable Lens ↗
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