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Cataract Lens Implants

Educational articles about the benefits and health issues associated with cataract lens implants from the doctors of Ophthalmology at Fort Lauderdale Eye Institute.

IOLs: What Are They and What Do They Do?

The natural lens in your eye is meant to refract (bend) light that enters your vision, helping you to see. This lens should be clear, but when you have a cataract, your vision can become blurry and cloudy; in some cases, your vision might even be less colorful. An [...]

IOLs: What Are They and What Do They Do?2024-02-22T21:56:41-05:00

Intraocular Lens Implant (IOL)

Intraocular Lens Implant (IOL) are artificial lenses placed inside the eyes to replace natural lenses removed during cataract surgery. When suffering from a cataract, you may notice symptoms of blurriness or haziness in your vision. The intraocular lens implanted into your eye helps diminish these symptoms and improves your overall [...]

Intraocular Lens Implant (IOL)2024-02-22T22:06:07-05:00

New lens implant to correct astigmatism during cataract surgery

Featuring:  Keith A. Skolnick, M.D. Astigmatism is an irregular shape to the cornea and lens of your eye which causes blurred vision. Most of us are born with it and our glasses and contact lenses correct it. Some of us have it and do not even know it.  [...]

New lens implant to correct astigmatism during cataract surgery2022-07-23T21:21:50-04:00

Clear Lens Extraction

Clear lens extraction (CLE or CLEAR) is the process of removing a non cataractous natural lens of the eye with intraocular lens placement as a refractive procedure; and is also known as RLE (refractive lens exchange). CLE has been around for decades and is the same procedure used to remove [...]

Clear Lens Extraction2022-04-05T15:49:58-04:00

Premium Intraocular Lenses

If you are having cataract surgery, your cataract surgeon will replace your clouded lens with a clear artificial lens.  There are several different types of premium intraocular lenses: Aspheric Lens Implants Specifically designed to reduce the visual disturbances caused by the optical aberrations found in ordinary lens implants, aspheric lens implants [...]

Premium Intraocular Lenses2022-04-05T15:50:02-04:00

Cataract Lens Implants – Premium vs Standard Lenses

A cataract, otherwise known as a “crystalline lens,” is a clouding of the natural lens of the eye. Cataracts are usually found in middle-aged to older people and can be a normal part of the ageing process. When a cataract becomes too cloudy it will make it difficult for that [...]

Cataract Lens Implants – Premium vs Standard Lenses2022-04-05T15:50:06-04:00

Advanced Technology Implants for Cataract Patients

There are many factors that can cause a patient to develop cataracts, a condition where the lens, found behind the iris and the pupil, becomes clouded: aging, eye trauma, excessive sun exposure, disease inside the eye, family history, smoking, diabetes, and poor nutrition. No matter the underlying cause, it is [...]

Advanced Technology Implants for Cataract Patients2022-04-05T15:50:08-04:00

The Fascinating History Behind the Intraocular Lens

In 1946, Dr. Harold Ridley of London, was removing a cataract from a patient. A medical student was observing. After surgery, the student asked Dr. Ridley: “You took out the cataract, but you did not replace it with anything. Why not?”. Dr. Ridley patiently explained that that was not the [...]

The Fascinating History Behind the Intraocular Lens2022-04-05T15:50:15-04:00
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