Cataracts
| Understanding how vision changes with age. Many things are changing as time passes. Vision is one of them. The aging process affects the clarity and quality of vision, which may impact your ability to read or drive at night. Two primary causes of vision loss with age are cataracts and presbyopia. |
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| Presbyopia Presbyopia – the loss of near, reading vision – is a condition that affects almost everyone over the age of 50. Presbyopia occurs when the natural lens of the eye becomes harder and less flexible. This reduces the eye’s ability to switch from seeing objects at a distance (for driving) to seeing objects that are near (for reading). |
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New Options for People with Cataracts
Cataract treatment may offer an opportunity to restore your near vision
With approximately three million procedures performed each year in the US, cartaract treatment is the most common surgical procedure, with a proven track record of restoring lost vision. The only treatment for cataracts is to remove the clouded natural crystalline lens (cataract) and replace it with a lens implant to restore lost vision. When performed using a conventional lens implant, this treatment still leaves many people dependent on glasses in their daily lives. Now new lens technologies allow us to do more.
| Our goal is to provide the right catatact treatment for your individual lifestyle and eye health. |
The opportunity to reduce your dependency on glasses in everyday life.
With new technology lens implants, cataract treatment has moved beyond simply restoring vision loss. Today you have lens implant options that can provide the vision to do everyday things without being dependent on glasses. Whether it's reading a package label or working on a computer, driving at night or golfing, today most people who receive a new technology cataract treatment have the option to choose a lens that can enable them to be free of glasses while performing the activities that are most important to them.
Would you like to be able to read without glasses?
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It’s the most important question you will answer when discussing options with your doctor. |
| Presbyopia Correcting Intraocular Lenses |
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| A single refractive surface provides a smooth transition of a single point of focus from far to near. | |
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The crystalens accommodating intraocular lens is engineered with a hinge designed to allow the optic, or part of the lens that you see through, to move back and forth as you constantly change focus on images around you. |
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The ReZoom Multifocal Lens has a patented new design called Balanced View Optics™ Technology. This lens design creates multiple focal points so you can see well at a variety of distances, be it near, mid-distance, or far. In fact, in clinical studies, 92% of those who received the ReZoom Multifocal lens reported wearing glasses either "never" or "occasionally." |
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With today’s new technology lens implants many people can read, work on a computer and drive without depending on glasses after cataract treatment. In one study, 92% of people with the ReZoom Multifocal lens, a new technology lens, said that they could perform most of their daily activities without glasses. For more information, visit http://www.visioninfocus.com/423.asp |
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ReSTOR Until recently, most patients had their vision improved with a monofocal IOL. Although the quality of their distant vision was excellent, most patients needed reading glasses to see near objects. |
| The AcrySof® ReSTOR® IOL incorporates an apodized diffractive optic with refraction to achieve a range of quality vision. |  |
ReSTOR IOL provides a full range of vision, decreasing dependence on reading glasses or bifocals. |
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For more information about ReSTOR go to http://www.allaboutvision.com/restor/ You may also choose to make an appointment or request additional information |
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| Sharp distance and functional vision for day-to-day activities - especially in low light conditions The TECNIS™ lens implant is the first lens with claims approved by the U.S. Food & drug aministration (FDA) for improved functional vision in low light conditions - including night driving - which is likely to provide meaningful safety benefit for older drivers. |
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Matching the right lens implant to your specific lifestyle and eye health needs
Each new technolgy lens implant performs differently. The first step in selecting the right lens implant
to improve your overall vision is an understanding of your lifestyle. You will be asked a few simple questions about the things you do such as:
- How much reading do you do?
- What kind of driving do you do each day?
- what are your hobbies?
- Do you want to be less dependent on glasses or contact lenses?
| After review of a few simple questions and a discussion about your lifestyle, our doctor will recommend a lens implant that will positively impact your vision when you do the things that are most important to you - in many cases without the need for glasses or contact lenses. |
Understanding your eye health
Once your vision needs are addressed the other important factor in selecting the right lens implant is your eye health. Your doctor will perform a series of tests to understand the health and performance of each eye.
Once your doctor understands your lifestyle and your eye health needs, he or she will make a lens implant recommendation.
Medicare now allows access to new technology choices
Until now Medicare would not allow people to pay the extra cost of new technolgy lenses. That rule has changed and you now have options.
If your doctor recommends a new technology lens to treat cataracts and a loss of reading vision, Medicare still covers the amount of a conventional lens treatment and now gives you the option to pay the additional costs associated with new technology lenses.
Our staff will explain your financial responsibilities and options and answer all of your questions.
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