Choosing a Cataract Eye Surgeon in Silicon Valley

    SAN JOSE, CA, April 17, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Selecting a surgeon to operate on your cataracts involves more than walking your fingers through the Yellow Pages. The competency of a cataract surgeon isn't something you can easily judge from a print ad, glossy magazine or television commercial. While advertisements might be a good starting point in your quest for a cataract eye surgeon, you'll want to go further in determining which eye doctor is most qualified to improve your vision and then trust your instincts if you feel you have contacted a bad eye surgeon.

If you ask the right questions, you'll have what you need to match the surgeon's proficiency to your expected level of care and thus have a more successful surgical outcome.

Ask Your Cataract Surgeon the Right Questions

Knowing what questions to ask can be intimidating to those who know little about such surgical procedures. Do a bit of online research to learn about what types of implantable lenses are available and what the surgery entails then, you are ready to ask questions, like:

- How many cataract surgeries have you performed with implantable lenses?
- What procedure are you recommending in this case?
- What type of lens do you suggest for me, and what do you expect the vision outcome to be?
- Does the surgery need to be done immediately, or can the procedure wait and for how long?
- Who will be monitoring my progress with follow-up visits?

Becoming more educated prior to the surgery will help you know that your eyes are in the right hands. Such confidence will go a long way toward your long-term satisfaction with the procedure and your surgeon.

How to Judge if You Have a Bad Cataract Surgeon

Since cataract eye surgery is among the most successful surgeries performed today, it is rare to find a bad surgeon. However, if you take a careless attitude in choosing a doctor, you increase the risk of a bad outcome. Use as much scrutiny in picking a doctor for your cataract surgery as you would with any other surgical procedure. After all, your vision will bring you years of pleasure or ultimate frustration. Indicators that you may have a bad surgeon for your cataract procedure are:

- The State Medical Board has several complaints on file for your eye surgeon.
- Your eye surgeon uses flippant responses that indicate a poor bedside manner.
- The surgeon's staff is either unprofessional or unresponsive to your needs.
- Your eye surgeon is not clear on the benefits versus the risks.
- The cataract surgeon is pressuring you to book the procedure quickly.
- Your eye surgeon is making vision promises that seem out of line with expectations.

In all of these situations, it's best to obtain a second opinion before choosing a particular surgeon. A good eye surgeon knows that such a procedure is not one to take lightly and therefore expects the patient to make the most educated decision. Many times that decision does involve multiple surgical opinions.

If you live in Northern California and would like to learn more about cataract eye surgery please visit the Laser Eye Center of Silicon Valley website today; highly respected ophthalmologist, Dr. Gary Kawesch, has performed over 40,000 refractive procedures.

Website: http://www.lasikdocs.com

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