Alcon ReSTOR +3 vs. AMO Tecnis Multifocal Advanced Technology IOLs (Part 1 of 2)

There are currently two very good multifocal IOLs available in the USA: the Alcon ReSTOR +3 and the AMO Tecnis Multifocal Advanced Technology IOLs.  Both this, as well as the next, post will review recent comparisons of the Alcon ReSTOR +3 and the AMO Tecnis Multifocal Advanced Technology IOLs provided by respected cataract surgeons.  Although [...]

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NuLens® IOL Is No Optical Illusion

Modern cataract surgery can make a cloudy lens (cataract) disappear.  Although cataract surgery is often called “miraculous” by those who have had this surgery, this is no magic trick.  Great surgical skill and space-age materials are used to complete this seeming slight-of-hand. However, the current lens designs and materials cannot fully recover the range-vision many [...]

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An Update On Current And In-The-Works Advanced IOLs

As many of you who have been reading my blog know, I like to create series of posts based on a particular theme.  I’ve been getting quite a few requests for an update on the IOLs in development so thought this would be a good time to review what’s in the works as well as [...]

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Patience and Tenacity Succeed with a ReSTOR +3

I’m back.  It’s been awhile, and I have many excuses (don’t we all).  I wish I could say that I have been so busy taking care of my patients’ eyes that I just didn’t have time to blog.  Alas, the reality is that the administrative demands and hassles of modern medicine (dealing with Medicare and [...]

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You’re Going to Vacuum Out my Eye?

I’m going to take a short break from posting the Cataract Surgery Essentials Audio Series as I’m having some mild technical difficulty installing the Podpress plug-in.  If you don’t know what that is, I just learned about it myself (which probably explains why I’m having difficulty with it).
I had dinner last night with one of [...]

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How the Eye Works

How the Eye Works
Before we begin the discussion about cataracts and cataract surgery, I’d like to first introduce you to the way the eye works.  I find it most helpful to think of the eye as a video camera hooked up to a TV monitor.  A video camera has a lens to focus the light, [...]

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Cataract Surgery Essentials Audio Series – Introduction

Cataract Surgery Essentials

It has been awhile since I have had a chance to update my blog. However, I have good reason: I have been working on an audio project for my patients with cataracts. I will now share this project online through my blog (and eventually my website).
As many people with [...]

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It Slices. It Dices. It Even Treats Glaucoma…

Glaucoma is a major cause of blindness that is difficult to treat with traditional therapy. Now it appears that cataract surgery may actually be beneficial in the treatment of glaucoma.

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How Ink Jet Printers and Shellfish Could Reduce Infection After Cataract Surgery

The “stitch or no stitch” controversy in ophthalmology may be ended by an unlikely marriage of ink jet technology and shellfish.  “What?” you say.  Let me explain:
There has been a movement toward sutureless cataract surgery over the last ten years.  The main reasons for this movement are that sutures take time to place, can be [...]

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What to Expect After Cataract Surgery

The final post in my three part “Expectation” series:
The Day After Surgery

1) You should arrive at your surgeon’s office at the scheduled time (usually in the morning). Please bring your drops with you.

2) Your surgeon’s staff will remove your eye shield and check your vision. Your vision may or may not be [...]

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