Tips for success with these premium lenses.Zaina Al-Mohtaseb, MDCataract surgery has become a refractive procedure, which means that ophthalmologists must address astigmatism to achieve satisfactory results. More than 0.50 D of residual astigmatism is visually significant and can result in ghosting and...
What's the success rate for IOL surgery? The success rate is about 97%. In other words, around 32 in every 33 patients will see more clearly once they recover from their procedure. What's the recovery time for lens replacement surgery? Some people notice their vision recovers within a few...
in 1987 Hoffer recommended that the surgeon wait for the corneal transplant to heal completely before implanting an IOL. The current safety of intraocular surgery allows for such a double-procedure approach in all but the rare...
When the eyes gaze at an object at a distance, the ciliary muscles relax. This causes the zonules to become taut, which causes the lens to have a flatter curve. A flatter curve is better able to focus incoming light rays from distant objects onto the retina. For near vision, the ciliar...
Keratometry was performed preoperatively and three months after the procedure using a Javal type manual keratometer and the IOLMaster. We compared postoperative measurements obtained by both instruments with the clinical history method (CHM). Seventy eyes of 35 patients with mean age of 23.45±1.55...
80% patients had Post-operative V/A of 6/6-6/12 and 20% had V/A 6/18- 6/60 as compared to Pre-Operative V/A of 56% in 6/6-6/12, 10% in 6/18-6/60 and 34% in 3/60-PL+ ve. Encouraging results favour this procedure.S. Shah...
The company’s EVO family of Implantable Collamer Lenses for myopia, astigmatism and presbyopia, are designed to correct vision through a minimally invasive procedure. Read More Alcon launches the Clareon Family of IOLs in India Martin David Harp ...
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All eyes operated using this procedure from December 2007 to May 2008 were included and followed up for 12 months. The selection criteria was eyes with deficient capsular or sulcus support in which implantation of PC IOL was not possible, 4180 degrees subluxated cataract, and aphakia. Dr ...
A new modification of this procedure has been called Prelex, which stands for presbyopic lens exchange. This procedure involves the use of the multifocal implantable contact lens in those patients who are farsighted (with a + prescription in their spectacles or contact lenses) as a vision correct...