Surgical Co-Management

What Is Surgical Co-Management?

Surgical co-management means your local optometrist and your surgeon work as a coordinated team throughout your surgical journey. We handle the evaluations, testing, and candidacy assessments before your procedure, and manage your recovery and follow-up care afterward, while your surgeon focuses on the procedure itself. This partnership reduces how often you need to travel for care, keeping most of your visits close to home here in Lewistown.

Cataract Surgery: Care Close to Home

Cataract surgery is performed monthly at the local hospital, meaning many Lewistown-area patients don’t have to travel far for this common, highly effective procedure. Once your surgery is scheduled, our team manages your follow-up care on a proven schedule, checkups at one day, one week, one month, and six months after surgery so any changes in healing or vision are caught quickly and your recovery stays on track.

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LASIK and PRK: Pre- and Post-Operative Care

For patients pursuing LASIK or PRK, we partner with respected referral centers in Great Falls, Billings, and Bozeman to perform the procedure itself. Before your surgery, we conduct a thorough pre-operative evaluation to determine whether you’re a good candidate and what outcome to expect. After your procedure, you return to us for post-operative care management, meaning fewer long drives and a familiar, trusted team monitoring your healing every step of the way.

Coordinated Referrals for Specialty and Emergency Care

Beyond routine surgical co-management, our comprehensive eye health evaluations sometimes reveal conditions that call for specialized surgical or emergency care. When that happens, we make the appropriate referral to the right specialist or surgery center, guiding you through what to expect and staying involved in your care before and after. You’re never left to navigate a referral alone.

Why Patients Trust Us With Their Surgical Journey

Choosing where to have surgery is only part of the decision, who manages your care before and after matters just as much. Our team has built lasting relationships with surgeons and surgery centers throughout Montana, ensuring you receive coordinated, high-quality care at every stage. For patients in Lewistown and Fergus County, that means expert surgical outcomes paired with the personal attention and follow-through of a local eye care team you already know.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does "co-management" mean for my surgery?

It means your local optometrist and your surgeon share responsibility for your care — we handle your evaluation and follow-up visits, while the surgeon performs the procedure, so you get coordinated care throughout.

Often, no. Cataract surgery is performed monthly at the local hospital, and most of your pre- and post-operative visits happen right here with our team in Lewistown.

We partner with referral centers in Great Falls, Billings, and Bozeman for the procedure itself, while handling your pre-operative evaluation and post-operative follow-up care locally.

A pre-operative evaluation with our team will assess your eye health, prescription, and corneal measurements to determine candidacy and discuss your expected outcome.