Presbyopia-correcting IOLs have, no doubt, raised the bar on the visual results we can achieve for our patients. They have also raised patients’ expectations. Among those who have been well selected ...
(Reuters Health) - Many patients who get lens implant surgery to correct vision problems may develop cataracts or elevated pressure around the eyes within 10 years after the procedures, a Swiss study ...
This paper describes the experience at a district general hospital of coping with an abrupt onset of calcification of Hydroview intraocular lens (IOL) implants requiring exchange surgery mostly for ...
It’s a procedure that everyone, if they live long enough, will need eventually. For 55-year-old Kate Reiss, the future is now after her visit to the Medical University of South Carolina’s Storm Eye ...
When it comes to choosing an intraocular lens (IOL) to replace the eye's own natural lens, many cataract patients go with a multifocal option that allows them to see both far away and close-up. While ...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Cheryl Henry remembers putting on her first pair of glasses in second grade and getting a whole new view of her family’s Iowa farm. “Mom,” she recalls saying, “did you know you can ...
When Cheryl Flood's husband had laser eye surgery to correct poor vision a few years ago, she was more than envious. "I was downright resentful," said the 40-year-old mother of two. "He qualified for ...
Refractive Lens Replacement Surgery - also called refractive lens exchange or clear lens exchange surgery - involves the replacement of your eye's natural lens with a lens implant. It is a type of eye ...
Cataracts are extremely common. A physician once put it to me simply: if you live long enough, you are going to get cataracts ...
The FDA Ophthalmic Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee voted that Bausch & Lomb's new implantable lens is safe for use.The company's Trulign Toric Accommodating Posterior Chamber ...