For some patients then, rather than having a corneal laser eye surgery procedure such as LASIK, Custom LASIK, PRK, LASIK, Epi LASIK or monovision LASIK, a different type of refractive surgery can be used to better help them achieve their goals of being less dependent on glasses or contact lenses for not only distance vision, but intermediate arms length and close near vision. This type of refractive surgery is called Lens Replacement Surgery which includes ReSTOR ®, ReZoom™ and Crystalens ™.

For patients over 40, corneal laser eye surgery may not be able to completely help them overcome their goal of eliminating glasses or contact lenses for arms length or near reading vision as this is the time when people begin to experience presbyopia. In the early phases of presbyopia, your LASIK surgeon may be able to offer you some intermediate and near vision correction through the use of monovision LASIK. With the continual progression of presbyopia, it becomes more and more difficult for patients to maintain their focusing ability for intermediate and near vision due to the gradual loss of accommodation. Presbyopia begins because of the natural loss of elasticity of the crystaline lens inside your eye. Thus, presbyopia is a problem of the lens, not the cornea, and therefore it is the lens that must be treated if someone truly suffers from presbyopia.

ReSTOR®, ReZoom™ & Crystalens ™ Lens Replacement Surgery is performed in a similar manner to cataract surgery. It is performed in an outpatient surgery center. With ReSTOR®, ReZoom™ & Crystalens ™ Lens Replacement Surgery, your surgeon will numb the eye with eye drops much like with LASIK. He or she will then make a very tiny incision at the outer edge of the cornea through which a microscopic instrument can be inserted. Using ultrasound from the tip of the microscopic instrument, your surgeon will actually be able to gently break the crystaline lens into pieces small enough to be washed away and drawn through the probe and removed from the eye. Once your natural crystaline lens has been removed, it can now be replaced by a new permanent Intraocular Lens Implant. The new lens is readily inserted and placed in position through the same tiny incision at the outer edge of the cornea through which the natural lens was removed.

In order to help you achieve your goal of being able to see at far, intermediate arms length and up close for reading vision, your surgeon will select from advanced intraocular lens technology available today which includes ReSTOR®, ReZoom™ and Crystalens ™. Each of these advanced technology implantable lenses uses a slightly different optical design to help you achieve your goal of clear vision at all distances. Your surgeon and his or her staff will discuss their recommendation based on many factors in your consultation.

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