Cataract surgery is safe and very effective in restoring distance vision for most people who suffer from cataracts. But conventional intraocular lenses (IOLs) used for cataract procedures are monofocal lenses, meaning they have only one power. Therefore, most people who undergo cataract surgery are dependent on reading glasses for near vision.
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Cataract surgery has become refractive surgery, says prominent eye doctor
June 12, 2009Everyone wants to see well without glasses, including people who have had cataract surgery. Because of the higher visual expectations of today’s cataracts patients, eye surgeons must accept that cataract surgery has become refractive surgery, says Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD, a cataract and refractive surgeon in private practice at Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island (Rockville Centre, NY).
Presby-LASIK clinical studies continue
May 25, 2009Research and development continues on multifocal LASIK (also called Presby-LASIK) as a means to restore near vision lost to presbyopia. The goal of these procedures is to expand the range of vision for presbyopic refractive surgery patients over age 40 and reduce their dependence on reading glasses.
