I am really excited that I don’t have to be in glasses anymore. I was in them for a long time. I am excited that I don’t have to hunt them down. I don’t have to wear a chain around my neck so I don’t lose them. I can see everything so clearly; it is like night and day. I just love it.
The professionalism of the staff was mind-boggling to me. The did thorough testing and verified everything completely. The surgery was absolutely painless. Everything went perfect and it has been going on two years now. I went from wearing heavy bifocal glasses to now not wearing glasses at all. I just had my driver’s license reviewed and my eyes are at 20/20 now. It is like getting a new lease on life. I told my wife if I could do the …
At sixty-seven years old and wanting to be active in sports like senior softball and to be outside hunting and fishing, I went in and had my right eye cataracts removed and a Active Life Lens™ implanted. Two weeks later I had the left eye done. The next morning, I read the newspaper without need of bifocals. I am seeing as well or better than I saw with prescription glasses. There are no ill effects that I can think of …
What is the Crystalens HD? The first and only FDA-approved “accommodating” intraocular lens, the Crystalens HD automatically moves forward and backward with the eye’s internal ciliary muscle to help patients with lens implants focus naturally at all distances. In conventional lens implant surgery, which has been the standard treatment for cataracts for many years, the surgeon implants a fixed focus plastic or silicone artificial lens. This lens allows patients to see well at a distance but still requires glasses for …
The new Tecnis® lens can provide patients with youthful, adequate vision using innovative wavefront lens technology. The Technis lens can improve contrast so you can see well, even in low-light situations! The Tecnis lens is now an option for cataract and presbyopia patents of Dr Ceravolo. One of the most important benefits of improved functional vision with the Tecnis lens is safety. With compromised functional vision, even patients who have no problem reading etters on an eye chart can be …
If you have cataracts or wear reading glasses or bifocals, this breakthrough implant could turn back the clock to the days before you ever needed corrective lenses. AcrySof ReSTOR offers outstanding visual acuity for all distances—near, intermediate and far—to eliminate or greatly reduce your dependence on eyeglasses or contacts. During clinical trials conducted in the United States and Europe*, more than 80% of the patients who received ReSTOR implants in both eyes reported no longer needing glasses for any activity. …
Phacoemulsification is a procedure in which the lens clouded by a cataract is broken up by ultrasound, irrigated, and suctioned out. Most cataract surgery today is performed using phacoemulsification. Before the advent of this technique, people with cataracts could expect a 10-day hospital stay followed by a lengthy recovery. Today, it is an outpatient procedure. Instead of making a large incision in the eye and removing the lens, the ophthalmologist can make a tiny one and then insert an ultrasonic tip which, vibrating …
1. What is a cataract? A cataract is a clouding of the lens in the eye that affects vision. Most cataracts are related to aging. Cataracts are very common in older people. By age 80, more than half of all Americans either have a cataract or have had cataract surgery. A cataract can occur in either or both eyes. It cannot spread from one eye to the other. 2. What is the lens? The lens is a clear part of …