Vision Correction with a Crystal Lens Implant, first artificial
lens that is able to focus
Crystal lens implant surgery is used to treat people who suffer
from cataracts, a condition characterized by a clouding of the lens.
Normally, the lens of the eye is clear. People who suffer
from cataracts have an opaque lens, which affects their vision.
In these situations the individual can only experience corrected
vision with surgery. The procedure that has gained recent attention
is crystal lens implant surgery. This surgery can correct both near
and distance vision.
A crystal lens implant offers a better alternative to traditional
lens replacement for patients with cataracts. The new crystal lens
implant technology allows the new eye to focus at any distance,
like a natural lens. The traditional method involves the surgeon
inserting an artificial lens that allows the patient to see objects
at a distance only. Patients may still need to wear glasses after
traditional lens implant surgery.
Benefits of a Crystal Lens implant The crystal lens implant procedure
is an improvement in methods available to correct cataracts. The
traditional method consists of the surgeon creating a large incision
to remove the lens. This procedure has the potential of resulting
in glaucoma. Replacing cataracts with a crystal lens implant is
much easier and has fewer potential complications. With this procedure,
the surgeon makes a small incision.
Doctors are most excited about the focusing power a crystal lens
implant is able to offer an individual. Once the eye is replaced
with the new crystal lens implant, it takes no longer than a few
weeks for the muscles surrounding the eye to adjust to the crystal
lens implant.
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