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Our Surgery Center

Dr. Page performs cataract surgery

To offer you the full range of eye care under one roof, Eye Center of Central Georgia features an ambulatory surgery center with a laser suite as well as two fully equipped and fully staffed operating rooms. Our surgery center, established in 1985, was the first Ophthalmic Ambulatory Surgery Center in Middle Georgia and has been certified by the Accreditation Association of Ambulatory Health Care, Inc. since 1985. AAAHC certification means our ASC has passed vigorous standards and inspections to ensure the quality of care provided is excellent.

Our operating rooms are staffed by surgical nurses and technicians who are dedicated to making your eye surgery a smooth and pleasant experience. We have both a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist as well as an anesthesiologist available to administer anesthesia. They will provide all levels of anesthesia, from local numbing to general anesthesia, as needed for adult and pediatric surgical procedures.

Using state-of-the-art surgical equipment, our doctors perform over one thousand operations per year in our surgery center.

These operations range from cataract extractions and glaucoma filtering surgery to eye muscle surgery, corneal transplantation and even cosmetic and reconstructive lid surgery.

Whatever your surgical and anesthesia needs, you can count on the staff at The Eye Center of Central Georgia's surgical center to make your outpatient surgical experience great.

In our laser suite are both an argon laser and a YAG laser, allowing us to perform a wide range of laser therapies. Using these sophisticated laser machines, our doctors can treat glaucoma, diabetes, retinal detachments, macular degeneration and even clear up cloudy vision after cataract surgery.

Our refractive surgery suite is equipped with state-of-the-art technology for performing laser vision correction procedures such as LASIK and Advanced Surface Ablation (LASEK/PRK). We utilize these advanced lasers and equipment to ensure that our patients achieve the best possible results:

IntraLase

The IntraLase FS femtosecond laser creates the corneal flap for the first step in the LASIK procedure, rather than the traditional bladed instrument called a microkeratome. The computer-controlled IntraLase laser allows the surgeon to ensure a perfectly centered flap of predictable size, shape, and thickness and virtually eliminates all the risks associated with creation of the flap.

This device utilizes an infrared laser to create the corneal flap at a programmed depth and position. IntraLase is safer than a traditional mechanical microkeratome and provides better post-operative vision than microkeratomes. IntraLase provides a uniquely precise, uniquely safe, way to provide you with predictably better vision after your LASIK surgery.

VISX Star S4

The VISX Star S4 excimer laser is used to reshape the cornea during LASIK and Advanced Surface Ablation. The Star S4 is the most advanced excimer laser available today. VISX was the company that developed excimer laser technology for laser vision correction and gained clearance from the FDA for correcting a variety of vision conditions. VISX is recognized worldwide for bringing innovation and breakthrough technology to laser vision correction. The Star S4 laser system has several features worth noting:

ActiveTrak® 3-D Eye Tracker The laser’s infrared cameras actively follow even the tiniest motions of your eye in all three dimensions. This allows you to relax during your treatment – knowing the procedure will be delivered accurately.

ActiveTrak Automatic Centering The doctor is able to precisely identify the center of your pupil with this feature, and able to keep the laser centered to within 50 microns (about the width of a human hair), even if your eye moves.

Variable Spot Scanning (VSS™) The laser incorporates a sophisticated array of seven beam diameters ranging from 0.65 to 6.5 millimeters to give you a personalized treatment quickly and efficiently. VSS gives the surgeon greater flexibility to personalize your laser vision correction with a larger treatment area.

Variable Repetition Rate (VRR) Variable repetition rates allow for faster treatments which lead to improved results. This is because the cornea dehydrates with time and a faster laser minimizes dehydration which translates into more accurate treatments

Direct Transfer of Digital InformationWith the VISX CustomVue procedure, we are able to save data from the WaveScan and then transfer that data directly to the Star S4 laser to guide treatment.

Liebert Climate Control System

Temperature and humidity in any refractive center need to be controlled for optimum outcomes. In our refractive suite, we utilize the Liebert Climate Control System, a complex system which monitors and controls temperature and humidity levels throughout the room. This system ensures that the suite’s environment is suitable for the lasers to safely and accurately perform procedures.