CATARACT

If your doctor tells you that you have a cataract and it should be removed, it may be frightening to consider. But, once you understand what a cataract is, how it will be removed, and the life-changing benefits cataract surgery can bring, you’ll likely wish you’d had the procedure sooner. A cataract can progress until eventually there is a complete loss of vision in your eye and neither diet nor medical treatment will make a cataract go away. However, cataract surgery can help restore your vision, and we are excited that you have chosen the Eye Center of Texas for your cataract surgery. We feel it is a great compliment that many local physicians and eye doctors who have had cataracts have chosen our surgeons to perform their own cataract surgery.

Dr. Wade is one of the leading cataract surgeons in the country and does more cataract surgery than any surgeon in the state of Texas. He graduated number one is his medical school class at Baylor College of Medicine and was named Chief Resident at Baylor College of Medicine during his training there. To learn more about Dr. Wade, click Meet Our Doctors.  He currently is one of the top 10 surgeons in the country using Multifocal lenses that correct both distance and near vision without the use of glasses following cataract surgery. Patients can perform 90-95% of their visual tasks without glasses and the effect is permanent!

Dr. Mayo is also an expert at Multifocal lens correction and cataract surgery. Dr. Mayo graduated at the top of his medical school class at Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. He served as Chief resident at the prestigious Will's Eye Hospital in Philadelphia which is considered one of the top 3 training programs in the country. He is a regular on Houston's Top Doctors list, has performed thousands of eye surgeries and regularly uses the new multifocal lenses to free patients from glasses. To learn more about Dr. Mayo, click Meet Our Doctors.

A cataract is a clouding of the lens in the eye that affects vision. The treatment is to have the cloudy lens removed and then replaced with a clear, artificial lens.  Today, cataract surgery is the most common surgical procedure performed in the U.S. and one of the most successful! At the time of cataract surgery, the cataract is removed and you will receive a lens implant that will help correct your vision.  Cataract surgery now affords patients the opportunity to correct the majority of their vision problems. Historically, neither astigmatism nor presbyopia (the need for reading glasses) was surgically correctable, requiring patients to wear glasses even after cataract surgery. The Eye Center of Texas now offers cataract patients the opportunity to correct presbyopia and astigmatism, along with previously existing nearsightedness and farsightedness (which often means NO MORE GLASSES!)  However, there are additional fees for these options. While Medicare and/or private insurance companies will pay for cataract surgery, they will not pay for these additional up-graded options.