Would you like to decrease your dependency on glasses or contact lenses? This is now an option with the use of premium lifestyle lens implants. Individuals suffering from cataracts previously had only a monofocal lens implant option after surgery. NEW multifocal IOL technology provides multiple ranges of vision: near, intermediate and far, giving you the opportunity to reduce or even eliminate your dependency on glasses!
Did you know there is now advanced testing available for diagnosing macular degeneration? Macular Risk® is a DNA test that identifies genetic markers associated with Macular Degeneration. By analyzing these genetic markers along with smoking history, we can identify who needs more frequent eye examinations and who may benefit from eye vitamins.
NEW TECHNIQUES IN TREATING MACULAR DEGENERATION
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The first dysfunction of the natural crystalline lens is the inability to focus on near objects or accommodate. This is called presbyopia. Presbyopia usually starts in the early 40’s as the natural lens begins to lose elasticity. Patients now require reading glasses or bifocals. The second dysfunction of the lens is an opacification or clouding. This is called a cataract. Cataracts can cause a wide range of symptoms from poor night vision, glare, halos, difficulty reading fine print, and reading information on the television. For over 30 years ophthalmologists have treated cataracts by removing the clouded natural lens and replacing it with an artificial single focus lens.
Patients require reading glasses, bifocal or progressive eye wear. That was the past.
Now patients can select to have lifestyle lens implants such as Crystalens® that can cure cataracts and help presbyopia. Crystalens® is the only FDA approved lifestyle lens implant which accommodates. The lens is engineered with a hinge design to allow the optic (the portion of the implant that you see through) to move back and forth (accommodate) as you constantly change focus on images both near and far. Crystalens® provides a continuous seamless range of vision for distance, intermediate and near. Crystalens® has the same movement characteristics of a clear lens before the age of 40. "The lifestyle enhancing Crystalens® can give you a wide range of vision similar to the natural crystalline lens with which you were born. “Of all of the presbyopic reducing lifestyle lens implants available, Crystalens® is the best choice for patients who may develop macular degeneration. It is also the best for night driving too." states Dr. Kaufman.
Stuart J. Kaufman, M.D., Medical Director of The Kaufman Eye Institute states, “for most adults over the age of 40, lifestyle enhancing implants offer an exciting and significant improvement in vision. Learning that you have cataracts was generally met with disappointment and sometimes even disbelief. Knowing that their vision is correctable is certainly reassuring. Learning that with lifestyle enhancement lens technology their need for eyeglasses will be reduced substantially changes their outlook." Dr. Stuart J. Kaufman, M.D.,is a Diplomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology, the first surgeon in Hillsborough and Pasco Counties to perform foldable lens implant surgery since FDA approval, the first surgeon to perform no-stitch cataract surgery and the first to perform Crystalens® surgery on Central Florida. The Kaufman Eye Institute is a Certified Center for Crystalens® Excellence. Dr. Kaufman has been caring for patients in the Greater Tampa, Florida area since 1981. He has also performed over 70,000 eye surgeries.
