How is the Cataract Cares with Multifocal Lenses option.
"It's about 24 hours after the surgery and I am able to see a spider web for the first time in years" - Johan Mulder
"It's about 24 hours after the surgery and I am able to see a spider web for the first time in years" - Johan Mulder
During cataract surgery the aging crystalline lens is removed and replaced with a new artificial lens. The required lens power is different for every patient and depends on the type and amount of refractive error (short-sightedness, far sightedness or astigmatism).
The HD Analyzer is a sophisticated instrument which is able to quantify the amount of light scatter within the eye.
Myth: You can drive with dilated pupils. Fact: If your eyes were dilated for an examination by your ophthalmologist driving is extremely dangerous.
The OCT is an imaging technique which forms an essential part of the ophthalmic assessment in the 21st century.
Myth: A cataract is a growth on the white area of your eye. Fact: Inside our eyes, we have a natural lens. The lens bends light to help us see clearly. The lens should be clear.
Myth: Cataract surgery is unsafe. Fact: Cataract surgery is one of the safest and most highly perfected surgical procedures in medicine, with a more than 98% success rate.
Myth: You have no control over the development of cataracts. Fact: Although everyone will develop cataracts if they get old enough you could postpone it by ‘n few years by wearing sunglasses.
Myth: Cataract surgery is painful and risky. Fact: Cataract surgery is one of the safest and most highly perfected surgical procedures in medicine, with a more than 95 percent success rate.
Myth: A cataract is a film that grows over the eye, and it can grow back after surgery. Fact: A Cataract is a cloudiness of the crystalline lens inside the eye. When cataracts are treated with surgery the cloudy lens is removed and replaced with an artificial lens. There are many lens options and multifocal lenses can give you spectacle independence in addition to treating the cataracts and giving you clear vision once again.