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Today, cataract removal is generally performed as an outpatient
procedure under local or topical anesthesia. You will be fully awake,
but you will be comfortable and feel no pain. Typically, you will be
asked to arrive an hour or so prior to your procedure, and you will be
allowed to leave after a period of observation following your procedure.
The procedure usually takes 15 to 45 minutes. |
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To remove your cataract (clouded lens), we
will use a technique
called phacoemulsification (phaco), and make a tiny,
1/8-inch incision and insert a small phaco probe. The probe will break
apart the clouded lens and remove it. Next, an IOL will be inserted
through the same tiny incision, into the lens capsule of your eye.
Because this procedure is performed through an incision that is very
small, your eye will be able to heal rapidly with little or no
discomfort.
Following the procedure, you will be allowed to return home within an
hour or so. Vision is restored immediately in most cases; however,
vision usually continues to improve in the weeks following the
procedure. Keep in mind that lens implants have been in use for about 50
years to treat cataracts. Over 14.2 million cataract and lens implant
procedures are now performed each year worldwide.
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Unlike
conventional single-vision (monofocal) lens implants,
state-of-the-art ReZoom™ lenses have been specially designed
with multifocal zones that provide good vision across the
spectrum of varying distances and light conditions. So you
can see well anywhere and anytime, be it near, far or in
between. Patients no longer have to settle for monofocal
lenses that only provide good distance vision with limited
ability to see objects that are near without glasses.
The ReZoom™ Multifocal Lens is a clear, foldable implant
made of a high-refractive-index acrylic material. This new
technology multifocal lens is designed to provide a full
range of vision – near, distance and intermediate – after
cataract treatment. |
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