Corneal refractive surgery has been performed on millions of patients to decrease their spectacle dependence. Most of these patients have high expectations of visual function—but as these patients age ...

We have been discussing various lens-based procedures for the correction of presbyopia. Last month I outlined the details of the blended vision lens implant approach, which relies heavily on the ...

CEDARS Debates is a monthly feature in Ocular Surgery News. CEDARS — Cornea, External Disease, and Refractive Surgery Society — is a group of cornea, cataract and refractive surgery specialists, here ...

After bilateral cataract surgery, patients implanted with multifocal intraocular lenses (IOLs) were more likely to be spectacle-independent but also to undergo IOL exchange than those with monofocal ...

To assess the difference in binocular visual fields (VFs) in patients who underwent bilateral cataract surgery with either multifocal (MF; Tecnis ZM900, AMO) intraocular lenses (IOLs) or monofocal ...

The conversation included these specialists in cataract and refractive surgery: Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD, clinical professor of ophthalmology at New York University Medical Center, New York, NY, and ...

Aims To evaluate the functional effect of bilateral implantation of two different multifocal intraocular lenses (IOL) compared with the standard monofocal IOL. Methods Sixty-nine patients were ...

A cataract is an eye condition in which the lens becomes cloudy over time, thereby affecting eyesight. During cataract surgery, the clouded lens is removed and replaced with an artificial lens, which ...

Most people have a relative, friend or neighbor who has had to deal with a cataract. Nearly 24.5 million Americans age 40 or older are affected by cataracts, and it’s the leading cause of blindness ...

Virginia Olney soon may play the piano again after 12 years of inability to see the sheet music. Dennis Potter can crunch numbers without headaches or coke-bottle glasses for the first time in 60 ...

The evidence on the implantation of multifocal (non-accommodative) intraocular lenses (IOLs) during cataract surgery raises no major safety concerns. Current evidence on the procedure's efficacy shows ...