Q: I know LASIK eye surgery improves vision by using a laser to remove tissue and reshape the cornea. How do multifocal intraocular lens (IOL) implants work? A: The multifocal IOL is surgically ...

Corneal refractive surgery has been performed on millions of patients to decrease their spectacle dependence. Most of these patients have high expectations of visual function—but as these patients age ...

Your vision starts getting cloudy around age 65, and your eye doctor mentions cataracts. Then comes the conversation about lens options, and suddenly you’re looking at costs ranging from $3,000 to ...

Multifocal lenses use multiple refractive zones built in rings to give patients distance and near vision. These lenses are designed to address the problem of presbyopia, in which people over the age ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Before extended depth of focus lenses, I was not using multifocal IOLs in patients who had had prior refractive ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The first thing I want to do is make sure the irregularity is not due to dry eye. I treat the ocular surface and ...

Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine; Director, Cornea Service and Refractive Surgery, Bascom-Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, Florida Disclosure: William W ...

Copenhagen, Denmark: Patients who have a new type of lens implanted in their eyes during surgery for cataracts or to correct their eyesight have excellent or good vision over distances both near and ...

Cataracts, an eye condition in which the lens becomes cloudy and impairs vision, affect more people than you might think. According to the nonprofit organization Prevent Blindness, over 25 million ...

A cataract is the opacification of the eye's natural lens, usually causing gradual eyesight deterioration and potentially leading to blindness. Current treatment involves replacing the opacified lens ...