CATARACT SURGERY WITH ADVANCED PREMIUM IOL’s!

“HELPS PATIENTS AFTER 40 TO GET RID OF GLASSES”!

In today’s world, spectacles are generally seen as obstacles. People desire freedom from glasses and contact lenses for variety of reasons as convenience, fashion, independence, wedding, sports activities, modelling or to join defence career. Dr. Simmi Aggarwal of Ambay Eye Care & Lasik Centre, Ludhiana told us that revolutionary procedure for vision correction has brought amazing vision & life style changes to millions of people worldwide.

Cataract surgery at Ambay Eye Care involves removing the natural lens which has become clouded or opaque & replacing it with a clear artificial intraocular lens to restore great vision. Recent advances in intraocular lens technology have yielded many different lenses with unique characteristics & features. For a long time cataract patients were limited in their choice of IOL. The only option was monofocal lenses which had a single point of focus and improved either distance or near vision and not both. Patients with near vision monofocal IOLs had to rely on glasses for driving or playing sports.

Patients with distance vision monofocal IOL had to wear near glasses to read or use smart phone.

Multifocal IOLs
As IOL technology involved, multifocal IOLs which improve vision at multiple distances started to become popular. Most commonly used multifocal IOL has two points of focus & restores near & distance vision.

But one of the drawback is insufficient intermediate vision which is needed for task as using a computer, applying makeup or playing card games. Also glare, halos & loss of contrast sensitivity is there with multifocal lenses.Extended depth of focus IOL’s
EDOF IOLs were developed to provide high quality continuous vision so patients can see clearly at a range of distances. EDOF IOLs elongate the focus point rather than aiming at various focal points. Side effects as halos & glare are also less common.

Disadvantage of EDOF IOLs is that near vision is not as good as in trifocal lenses.

Trifocal Lenses
Trifocal lenses is the first of class of IOLs which provide a combination of improved near, intermediate and distance vision and reduces the need to wear glasses after cataract surgery. Trifocal perform better for near vision than any other IOLs. While still offering great results in distance and intermediate visual acuity. These are vital for using computers, the diffractive ring corrects for intermediate vision. The lens takes information and spilt this into 3 points of focus. The brain receives information at 3 focal points & learns to eliminate the noise from blurry points of focus. The process is called adaptation & time it takes for each individual to adapt varies. This is a new optical system that brain needs to understand and not unlike getting a new pair of glasses and takes time to get used to the change. Adaptation is much faster once both eyes are treated. Often on the first or second day patients see well at distance and near and in time are able to read at intermediate as seeing the dashboard on the car and using a mobile phone or IPAD comfortable distance.

Trifocal Toric lens is for those who have high levels of astigmatism and require implants with built in correction of astigmatism. The lens calculation is quite sophisticated and when implanting the lens at the time of surgery accurate placement of the lens in the correct angle is vital for a good outcome.

The lens is a diffractive lens with a series of rings. The main portion of lens work to correct distance. A series of diffractive rings correct for near and a smaller ring added on to the IOL that is right for you depends on your lifestyle especially your daily & work habits. How much you drive, use computers and other electronics and exercise or play sports also influence which IOL is best suited to your life.

These premium lenses are not suitable for people with cornea having abnormal optics, ARMD, advanced Glaucoma & Diabetes.

Ambay Eye Care & Lasik Centre is pioneer in field of cataract surgery thro laser & lens based correction procedure. It expertise in the field of making you glasses free & enjoy a youthful life forever. The managing director of the hospital Dr. Simmi Aggarwal has vast experience in implanting these premium lenses with highly satisfied patients not only in India but across the globe.

Ambay Eye Care has sole mission of providing high quality eye care with technologically advanced outpatient facility staffed by sensitive, committed and professionals.