Your eye care team
During your initial evaluation, you may meet with the following eye specialists:

• Ophthalmic nurse or technician, who will do your tests and explain your different options.
• An optometrist who examines you eyes before and after surgery.
• An ophthalmologist who will examine your eyes and review with you the different surgical options as well as possible side effects.
• An ophthalmic surgeon who will perform your surgery.

Your evaluation prior to surgery
In recent years, The Montreal Eye Clinic has acquired state-of-the-art equipment to offer you, in preparation for surgery, one of the most complete evaluations of your eye condition.

Your surgical options
In addition to standard cataract surgery, The Montreal Eye Clinic offers more advanced custom cataract surgery to correct other vision problems. This unique advantage enables the surgeon to review the different surgical options, with each patient, in order to select the most appropriate one.

Your follow-up care kit
When you book for surgery, you will receive a follow-up care kit, which includes eye drops, protective glasses and reading glasses as well as a booklet with detailed instructions on what to do before and after surgery.

Tests Before Surgery

Depending on your eye condition, some or all of the following tests may be required:

Laser biometry
The IOL Master is used to scan your eyeball to measure its exact diameter. It uses a cold laser beam to calculate the power of the lens
(IOL) to be implanted in the eye.

Refraction
This test measures your total eye power to determine the exact degree of your myopia, hyperopia or astigmatism.

Tonometry
This is a test to measure the intraocular pressure without making any contact with the eye.

Topography
By scanning thousands of points on the surface of the cornea, topography can reveal the exact degree and axis of the astigmatism so that it can be corrected during custom cataract surgery.

OPD scan
The Optical Path Difference scanner is the only system capable of simultaneously measuring the refraction, topography and wavefront aberrations. By comparing and analyzing the combined results of these tests, your doctor can predict and improve the visual outcome after custom cataract surgery.

OCT scan
In some patients, the decrease in vision may not be caused by the cataract alone, but also by a retinal disease hidden behind the cataract. If this is suspected, the Optical Coherence Tomography will show your doctor whether a disease like macular degeneration or diabetic retinopathy is also partly responsible for the decrease in your vision.