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)

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 surgery

Laser Cataract Surgery vs. Traditional Cataract Surgery

Which is best for you? Nearly 3 million cataract surgeries are performed each year in the United States with one in three Americans needing cataract surgery at some point in their lives. A cataract is a clouding of the normally clear lens of your eye. Cataracts can make it difficult [...]

Laser Cataract Surgery vs. Traditional Cataract Surgery

Phacoemulsification Surgery for Cataracts

Created by Charles Kelman in the late 1960’s, Phaco also referred to as phacoemulsification is used to restore vision in patients whose vision has become cloudy from cataracts. Kelman created phacoemulsification surgery as a variation to extracapsular cataract extraction to remove the cataract with a smaller incision, less pain, and [...]

Phacoemulsification Surgery for Cataracts

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 Extraction

Fireworks Eye Safety & Cataract Awareness Month

June is “Fireworks Eye Safety & Cataract Awareness Month”. In this article we are going to address cataract awareness. As you may already know, a cataract is a clouding of the eye’s lens that affects vision. Cataracts are the leading cause of blindness in aging adults and incidence increases in [...]

Fireworks Eye Safety & Cataract Awareness Month

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 Lenses

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 [...]

Cataract Lens Implants – Premium vs Standard Lenses