Is Sutureless Cataract Surgery All Wet?
Fully one-third (33%) of sutureless corneal wounds leak after cataract surgery with only one ounce of pressure on the eye! In my mind this is an unacceptably high rate of wound leakage
14 Reasons Why You Want Your Surgeon to “Clean Up” After Cataract Removal
LECs are naturally occurring cells that line the capsular bag (which holds the lens in place). Although they provide a needed function in the natural lens, they can be problematic after the natural lens has been replaced by a man-made intraocular lens (IOL).
Ever Wonder What Happened to Waterbed Technology? Don’t Look Now, but Someday It Could Be in Your Eye.
Dr. Louis “Skip” Nichamin gave an interesting talk at the 2013 Hawaiian Eye Meeting titled “Update on a Fluid-based Accommodating IOL.” This technology being developed by PowerVision involves an IOL with the lens optic and haptics filled with silicon oil.
Honey, Did You See Where I Placed the Charger…for My Eye?!
The Electro-Active Accommodating IOL – an experimental intraocular lens (IOL) that changes focus from distance to near, controlled by a computer chip that is part of the IOL itself!
Cataract Awareness Month
June is National Cataract Awareness Month. As the purpose of About-Eyes.com is to increase the awareness of newer cataract surgery techniques and intraocular lenses (IOLs), I thought it would be most appropriate to launch a few projects this month
A New Direction for About-Eyes
So, I’m changing the focus and direction of this blog. No longer will it focus strictly on advanced IOLs or cataract surgery. Instead, it will be a regularly updated source of the latest news and information relevant for those who have eye disease.
FDA Finally Approves Higher Powers of Alcon Toric IOL
The FDA would finally approve the higher power toric IOLs from Alcon. What this means is that US patients with higher astigmatism can now have that corrected with an IOL at the same time as cataract surgery.
Crystalens® Rebate Extended
Bausch + Lomb has just announced that they are going to extend their “See Better and Save” patient rebate program. In the auto industry cars that are selling well generally don’t have rebate programs. Such programs are created to move stagnant inventory of less popular models. Just wondering…
Europe Gets Another Multifocal Toric IOL
Topcon has announced its newest lens: the LENTIS Mplustoric Intraocular Lens (IOL). This lens corrects both astigmatism and presbyopia.