Browse articles from EyeWorld.org related to presbyopia. EyeWorld is the award-winning member publication of ASCRS. The magazine provides news and updates from the Society as well as clinical features in the areas of cataract, refractive, cornea, glaucoma, and practice management. It publishes quarterly with editorial direction from its medical editorial board and staff.
Patients often seek their ophthalmologist’s expert opinion for the IOL they would recommend if they were in the patient’s situation. As a resident at Northwestern University, Hercules Logothetis, MD, and his mentor Robert Feder, MD, actually asked ophthalmologists about the technology they would choose for themselves.1
Monovision is a proven and trustworthy option to attain spectacle independence in patients undergoing cataract surgery. According to Ehud Assia, MD, the best results are attained by waiting for the outcomes of the first-eye surgery before moving on the create monovision.
Refractive lens exchange is a growing treatment option in the U.S., with hyperopic presbyopes over age 50 being the ideal candidates. Physicians stress the importance of patient education for this procedure.
Ever since their conception, multifocal intraocular lenses (IOLs) have been measured against their predecessor, monofocal lenses. With the appearance of accommodating lenses on the market in recent years, inevitable comparisons are now being drawn between multifocal lenses and the latest advancement in IOL technology. EyeWorld takes a look at the pros and cons of the lenses.