Lens Replacement Surgery!

For some patients having a corneal laser eye surgery procedure such as Laser Eye Surgery can not be used due to Absolute Complications. In this case the laser Eye Surgeons will use a different type of refractive surgery to help achieve your goals of being less dependent on corrective eyewear. This type of refractive surgery is called Lens Replacement Surgery which includes ReSTOR ®, ReZoom™ and Crystalens ™

ReSTOR®, ReZoom™ & Crystalens ™ Lens Replacement Surgery is performed in a similar manner to cataract surgery. It is performed in an outpatient surgery center just as Laser Eye Surgery is but With ReSTOR®, ReZoom™ & Crystalens ™ Lens Replacement Surgery, You will numb the eye with eye drops much like with Lasik Eye Surgery. He or she will then make a very tiny incision at the outer edge of the cornea through which a microscopic instrument can be inserted. Using ultrasound from the tip of the microscopic instrument, your surgeon will actually be able to gently break the crystaline lens into pieces small enough to be washed away and drawn through the probe and removed from the eye. Once your natural crystaline lens has been removed, it can now be replaced by a new permanent Intraocular Lens Implant. The new lens is readily inserted and placed in position through the same tiny incision at the outer edge of the cornea through which the natural lens was removed.

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The AcrySof ReSTOR ® Intraocular Lens replaces the natural lens. It has a patented optic design using apodization, diffraction and refraction technologies. The apodized diffractive optic design gives it the ability to focus light correctly on the retina for images at various distances without mechanical movement of the lens. * Apodization is a gradual reduction or blending of the diffractive step heights. * This unique technology optimally manages light energy delivered to the retina because it distributes the appropriate amount of light to near and distant focal points, regardless of the lighting situation. * Apodized diffractive optics are designed to improve image quality while minimizing visual disturbances. The result is an increased range of quality vision that delivers a high level of spectacle freedom.