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Lens Exchange

Friday, February 26th, 2010

lens exchangeThe so-called refractive lens exchange is an operation from the spectrum of refractive eye surgery. Here, the lens of the eye is removed and inserted an artificial lens. The procedure is used in an extreme refractive error is used.

The most common and typical reason for a lens exchange is the disease is cataracts, a condition in which the cloudy lens. With wide and long-sightedness is the surgery only for very extreme values in question. At present astigmatism (astigmatism, astigmatism) This method is less.
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Artificial lens in the eye?

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

artificial lens in the eyeThe correction of a refractive error of the eye can now be done by a so-called artificial lens implantation. Especially extremely high short-and long-sightedness will be corrected successfully in eye clinics at the onset of an additional artificial lens.

Especially in older people, which is a cataract apparent vision problems can be so treated, eliminating the need for implantation of a pair of glasses. There is both the possibility of using an artificial lens in addition to its own lens, or even communicate directly with its own lens with an artificial lens.
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