FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT WWW.QNS.COM MARCH 23, 2017 • SENIOR LIVING • THE QUEENS COURIER 33 �������� TEST your hearing, and find out what you’re missing. LEARN about all of your options for hearing care treatment. EXPERIENCE new hearing technology for yourself with a demonstration of the latest hearing devices. BEST OFTHEBORO 2017 Great Neck • 107 Northern Blvd, Ste 309 gbaudiology.com Call today to schedule your Complimentary consultation 516.708.4844 wWINNER Helping people hear better is not just our profession. IT’S OUR PASSION. At GB Audiology, we believe that when you make life changes, providing the right support system is key. — Dr. Gloria Boms, Au.D., Owner and Audiologist Using Lasers in Cataract Surgery By Dr. Barry Drucker Dr. Barry L. Drucker During my career as an ophthalmic surgeon, I have seen the wonderful advances in performing cataract surgery go from the use of magnifying glasses for performing large incision surgery which required multiple suture closure and days in the hospital to the present, sutureless outpatient procedure. Patients have asked me for years if this surgery is done by laser. Up until now, the answer was “NO”, because we utilized incisions made under the microscope with a blade followed by ultrasound removal of the cataract. However a paradigm shift has occurred. Now, no blade, laser assisted surgery is available which has increased the efficiency and safety of cataract surgery. In this new procedure, the patient need not be injected for anesthesia. Eye drops are utilized to numb the eye. The operating table is rolled to the laser and in about 5 minutes all incisions are carefully performed by a “Femtosecond Laser”, precisely and consistently. The precision is greater than that of the most skilled surgeon and reproducible such that the need for spectacles is lessened. This same Femtosecond laser can, if so indicated, make certain corneal incisions that will reduce or eliminate astigmatism, if present preoperatively. Finally, another laser can be used to measure or confirm the power of the needed intraocular lens during the operation, after the cataract is removed. This is called “Intraoperative Aberromertry”. It is particularly important if the calculation is difficult before surgery because of an extremely dense cataract or if the patient had undergone Lasik years before. At present very few surgical centers have the machinery for these two new lasers. Certainly in the future, I feel this is the way ophthalmologists will be doing routine cataract surgery. When friends or relatives of mine need cataract surgery, I recommend and prefer doing laser assisted cataract surgery and Laser aberrometry for safety and precision. Dr.Barry L. Drucker is a board certified ophthalmologist and a Fellow of the American College of Surgery. He has practiced in Bayside, Queens for over 25 years and can be reached at 718-224-5500 Dr. Drucker’s Office is located at 58-47 Francis Lewis Blvd (Suite 202), Oakland Gardens, N.Y. 11364. ADVERTORIAL
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