Dr. Schulze Offers Dropless Cataract Surgery in Savannah Area

(Newswire.net — June 30, 2015) Savannah, GA — A new medical procedure is helping older eye surgery patients heal without inconvenient eye drops while saving them money.  Dropless cataract surgery involves the placement of a new medicine called Trimoxi into the eye during surgery. Dropless cataract surgery can eliminate or reduce the need for eye drop medications typically used after surgery. Although it’s not for everyone, patients who receive dropless cataract surgery have about a 90% chance of not needing drops during the healing process.

“It has been over a year since we began offering dropless cataract surgery to our patients,” reports Dr. Richard Schulze.  “During that time, we estimate that we have saved patients in our practice upwards of several hundred thousand dollars in unnecessary medication expenses by adopting dropless surgery.”

“More important than the monetary savings, however, is the fact that by putting the medicine inside the eye at the time of surgery, the medicine is where it needs to be, and our patients are spared the inconvenience of having to put drops in their eyes.” Dr. Schulze continued “For patients with arthritis who have difficulty handling the medicines, we’ve found this to be a tremendous improvement.”

Additional information on the new dropless cataract surgery procedure may be obtained by contacting Schulze Eye and Surgery Center at 921-352-3120 or viewing further information online at Schulze-Eye.com.

 

Dr. Schulze, Jr. is a fourth generation physician and surgeon specializing in cataracts and refractive surgery.  The Schulze Eye & Surgery Center, in Savannah, Georgia uses the latest in FDA approved laser technology for refractive surgery and was the first practice in the area to offer wave front analysis to their patients.  An expert in cataract and refractive surgery, Dr. Schulze offers traditional cataract surgery, as well as dropless cataract surgery, corneal transplantation, refractive lens exchange with advanced technology intraocular lenses, custom LASIK, PRK, and the implantable contact lens (ICL).  

“The advancements in cataract and refractive surgery in the 20 years I’ve been in practice have been astounding,” Dr. Schulze said.  “We perform over a thousand procedures each year in our center.  The technologies we now have at our disposal allow us to create a truly customized treatment for each patient at Schulze Eye and Surgery Center in Savannah, Georgia.”   

 

 

About Dr. Richard Schulze, Jr.

A fourth generation physician, Dr. Richard Schulze, Jr. began practice in 1995. After graduating magna cum laude from Princeton University, he went on to study English literature at Oxford University, receiving his M. Phil. degree, before graduating with his M.D. from the University of Virginia in 1990. He performed his internship at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Virginia before moving on to his residency in ophthalmology at the Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans. After a year of fellowship training in anterior segment surgery of the eye at the Kentucky Eye Institute, Dr. Schulze, Jr. returned home to Savannah in partnership with his father. 
Dr. Schulze, Jr. is a member of the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Ophthalmogy, the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, the International Society of Refractive Surgery, and the Medical Advisory Board of the Georgia Eye Bank. In an online video interview with SpotlightLocal.tv executive producer Richard Roll, Dr. Schulze, Jr. discusses how he approaches his practice, patient care, and new technologies.

Dr. Schulze, Jr. is married with three children.  His interests include farming, boating, hunting, and fishing.  He is active in community affairs, serving as a council member for the Town of Vernonburg, and on several local boards, including the United Way, the Carolina Gold Rice Foundation, and Virginia College.

About Schulze Eye & Surgery Center

The practice was started in 1971 by Dr. Schulze, Sr.  The Schulze Eye & Surgery Center in Savannah, Georgia opened in 1997. The Schulze Surgery Center is licensed by Medicare and certified through the Accreditation Association of Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) to hospital standards of safety and quality.  Click here to see what patients have to say about Dr. Schulze and Schulze Eye & Surgery Center.