Cataract surgery removes the clouded natural lens and replaces it with an artificial lens. Today’s lens technology enables cataract patients to not only replace their clouded lens with a clear plastic lens, but also correct other vision issues such as nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism. Working with your ophthalmologist, you can customize the procedure to your personal vision needs using today’s advanced cataract intraocular lens technologies.
There are a few lens options for lens replacement surgery. Which intraocular lens (IOL) is right for you depends on your lifestyle as well as your vision needs. Your ophthalmologist should discuss your options and help you choose which lens is best for your unique eye.
Intraocular Lenses:
- Monofocal: Gives you one range of vision. You may need glasses to see up close or at another range.
- Multifocal: This option gives you the ability to see distance, intermediate, and near without being dependent on glasses.
- Toric: Correct astigmatism.
- The Light Adjustable Lens: this allows optimization of your vision after lens implantation and healing. If you and your doctor select the Light Adjustable Lens, the first step is to have your cataract safely removed and the adjustable IOL implanted. The cataract removal and IOL implantation procedure is the same as if you selected a non-adjustable IOL.
Am I a Candidate for Cataract Surgery with Vision-Correcting IOLs?
If you are a good candidate for cataract surgery, it is likely you are a candidate for today’s advanced vision-correcting intraocular lens technology. Your optometrist and/or ophthalmologist should perform a comprehensive eye exam to check the overall health of your eyes, evaluate whether there are reasons why you should not have surgery and identify any risk factors you might have.
As part of your comprehensive eye exam, a refraction will be performed to determine the amount of nearsightedness, farsightedness, and/or astigmatism you have prior to surgery. Other measurements will be taken to help your cataract surgeon select the proper power of the intraocular lens and give you the best vision possible after surgery.
Be aware that not everyone is a good candidate for vision-correcting IOLs and choosing some IOL technologies will increase the out-of-pocket cost of your cataract surgery, since the added cost of these advanced lens implants may not be covered by Medicare or other insurance plans. It is important to discuss your options with your surgeon.
Griffin Eye Center, Cataract, Cornea and LASIK Surgeons, Dr. Neil B. Griffin and Dr. Sarah E. Griffin, offer the latest in cataract surgery with the most advanced Intra-Ocular Lenses available and the new Light Adjustable Lens for cataract surgery. The clinic has a state-of-the-art on-site LASIK suite for the best Laser Vision Correction possible and offers more options for individualized Laser Vision Correction. Griffin Eye Center has won over 30 local distinction awards for “Best Laser Vision Center” and “Best Cataract Ophthalmologist”.
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