Presbyopia is when your aging lens loses its ability to change shape. When you were younger, your natural lens was both transparent and flexible. Because of this, your vision was most likely stable until you reached your early to mid forties.
Around that time you may have noticed that you had to hold a menu or a book farther and farther away to read it. Many people end up wearing reading glasses or bifocals to compensate for this aging of the eye. This condition is called “presbyopia” and eventually affects everyone, including those who are nearsighted, farsighted, have cataracts or had perfect vision for most of their life.
Signs of Presbyopia
- Loss of ability to read up close
- Need reading glasses or bifocals
- Holding objects further away to read
Treatment Options for Presbyopia during Cataract Surgery
During your cataract surgery, Dr. Moretsky or Dr. Cassidy will remove the cataract and can implant an advanced technology presbyopia correcting intra-ocular lens, to permit virtual freedom from glasses for far and rear vision.
With standard intra-ocular lens implantation during cataract surgery, glasses are required, especially for near. For more information, see “Cataract Technology” Intraocular Lens Implant Options.
How Does Cataract Surgery Work?
Step 1 – Your eye will be prepared with anesthetic prior to the procedure so you’ll feel little, if any, discomfort.
Step 2 – A tiny incision is made to allow a small instrument (about the size of a pen tip) to break up the cloudy cataract.
Step 3 – A standard or premium presbyopia correcting intraocular lens implant is inserted through same tiny incision.
Step 4 – A standard or premium presbyopia correcting intraocular lens implant is unfolded and set into its permanent position.
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