FDA Approves a New Treatment for Macular Degeneration The FDA approved a new treatment for improving the vision of people who suffer vision loss from severe macular degeneration. End-stage macular degeneration is the advanced form of age-related macular degeneration with severe loss of central … [Read more...]
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Cataract Surgery Cataract surgery involves removing the natural human lens inside the eye behind the pupil which has become cloudy or hazy and replacing the lens with an intraocular lens. Almost all cataract surgery is performed using a highly advanced computer run machine using … [Read more...]
YAG Laser Treatment After Cataract Surgery What is a YAG Laser? A laser is a focused beam of light of a single wavelength. The different wavelengths of light have different effects or properties. A Nd:YAG laser usually emits a light with a wavelength of 1064 nm. This wavelength of light does not … [Read more...]
How Does Previous Refractive Surgery Affect IOL Power Calculation? Refractive surgeries such as LASIK, LASEK, and RK cause changes in the shape of the cornea that can result in errors with the normal formulas used to choose the intraocular lens power for cataract surgery. The formulas depend on a … [Read more...]
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What is a Tetraflex™ Intraocular Lens? Tetraflex™ is an intraocular lens used for replacing the cloudy lens (cataract) inside the eye during cataract surgery. The Tetraflex™ lens is designed to move inside the eye so that your eye will be able to focus from distance to near. Tetraflex™ … [Read more...]
What is a Femtosecond Laser? A femtosecond laser is a laser (focused beam of light of one wavelength) that has light pulses which are of very short duration in the range of 10ˉ¹⁵s. This type of laser is very precise in how it cuts tissue without any collateral damage. They were first used … [Read more...]
What is the LensAR™ Laser System? The LensAR™ laser system is an ophthalmic surgical laser designed to perform portions of a cataract operation. It is a mode-locked Nd: YVO4 laser which generates a high frequency series of low energy femtosecond pulses at a wavelength of 1064 nm. The laser has … [Read more...]
What is the AcrySof® IQ Toric Intraocular Lens (IOL)? The AcrySof® IQ IOL is used during cataract surgery to replace the cloudy lens inside the eye. The AcrySof® IQ IOL not only helps correct for a person being nearsighted or farsighted but corrects the astigmatism a patient may have prior … [Read more...]
What is the Crystalens®? The Crystalens® is the first and only FDA-approved accommodating intraocular lens used to replace the cloudy lens during cataract surgery. This is the only FDA-approved intraocular lens that uses the natural focusing ability of the eye to focus light to a single point … [Read more...]
What is the Tecnis® Multifocal Acrylic Intraocular Lens? The Tecnis® multifocal intraocular lens is an ultraviolet light-absorbing intraocular lens that is used during cataract surgery to replace the cloudy lens (cataract) and provide distance and near vision with less dependency on glasses. How … [Read more...]
