HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO HEAL AFTER CATARACT SURGERY? What do we mean by “to heal” in cataract surgery? This can mean different things for different people. Summary: Most routine cataract surgery cases “heal” in 5-30 days, depending on a patient’s age, cataract density, eye risk factors (ie, narrow angle, short eye, previous eye […]
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Cataract Surgery after LASIK used to send chills down every eye surgeon’s spine! The dreaded fear of a possible “Refractive Surprise” had most surgeons on their knees praying prior to, during, and after surgery. Every surgeon has had one in a LASIK patient. And no matter how well we warn patients who have had LASIK
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The Accommodating IOL – the Crystalens HD and Crystalens AO The Bausch & Lomb Crystalens was the first truly effective accommodating IOL to become available in the world. It is the first and only accommodating IOL to be approved by the United State’s FDA. Accommodation is the name of the normal, natural change in the
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Name___________________________ Date___________ Cataract and Refractive Lens Exchange Questionnaire The term “cataract” refers to a cloudy lens within the eye. When a cataract is removed, an artificial lens is placed inside the eye to take the place of the human lens that has become the cataract. Occasionally, clear lenses that have not yet developed cataracts are
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Multifocal IOLs have revolutionized our cataract surgery outcomes. Determining which is best for each patient is the current challenge. Another frustration patients and surgeons is that a good deal of the research comparing these IOLS are sponsored by the manufacturer of the IOL (ie, the MDs who are experts in each of the IOL options
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The question for all eye surgeons currently is, “What is the best IOL (intraocular lens) to use on my patients who had previous refractive surgery?” Here are some papers that are helping to answer this question. In short, it depends on how much remaining astigmatism is present. If there is more than 0.75D of astigmatism,
Cataract Surgery Options The new advances in cataract surgery are truly exciting! For the first time in the history of mankind, patients with cataracts have the potential to see a wide range of distances after cataract surgery. Complication rates continue to decrease and options for patients continue to increase. It is the best time in