Candidacy for Intraocular Lenses
Baltimore and Lutherville, Maryland
Your alarm goes off tomorrow morning and instead of fumbling around for your glasses to see the time on your clock, you quickly jump out of bed, take in the sunrise from your window and start the new day. Could this be your reality? With the advance of intraocular lenses, the idea of a life without bifocals, trifocals, reading glasses or contacts is no longer a fantasy.
Years ago, cataract surgery patients had only one hope – to see clearly again with the help of special contacts or thick eyeglasses after their natural lens was removed. In 1981 that all changed when an implantable monofocal lens became available, making either far or near vision possible. Now, a variety of intraocular lenses have been introduced to mimic our eye’s natural multi-focal lens ability, giving those with vision problems the possibility of life with little or no reliance on glasses.
If you would like to reclaim your independence away from glasses and have cataracts or age-related vision problems that leave your reading a bit blurry, then talk to an experienced ophthalmologist with extensive knowledge in the field of intraocular lenses, like those at Katzen Eye Group in the Baltimore area.
Candidacy for Intraocular Lenses
As one of the safest and most effective vision correction surgeries available, intraocular lens implantation makes it possible for those with cataracts and age-related eye problems to enjoy the best vision of their lives. It’s likely that you, also, are a good candidate for intraocular lens surgery, if:
- You have cataracts, but otherwise healthy eyes, or
- You have not yet developed cataracts, but have problems with your near-vision sight due to age
- You have no medical conditions that would prevent the use of an IOL
- You have had prior LASIK surgery, but your eyes are otherwise in good health
Please contact the ophthalmologists at the Katzen Eye Group in Baltimore and Lutherville, Maryland today, if you’d like to determine your candidacy for cataract surgery with intraocular lenses. Our doctors will evaluate your eyes to ascertain if one of the many intraocular lenses available may be right for you.
