Lens implant surgeries in Santa Monica and across the country can treat cataracts as well as other visual aberrations. Taking the place of an opaque or misshaped lens, intraocular lens implants, or IOLs, have changed eye surgery outcomes for the better. Patients now have more choices to improve their vision, reducing the need for thick glasses or special contacts after cataract surgery.
October 27, 2012 — Cataract surgery prior to the 1980’s removed the cloudy lens, but didn’t provide a new lens; patients had to wear thick glasses to improve their sight. The advent of IOLs and lens implant surgeries has positively changed the game of cataract and laser vision surgery. Doctors can provide patients with options that can correct and improve vision.
Laser cataract surgery is one procedure that uses a lens implant. Cataracts cloud the normally clear lens of the eye, disrupting vision. The only way modern medicine can treat the problem is to remove the opaque lens.
Once the lens is removed during surgery, the new IOL is implanted. These IOLs can be simple or complex, varying in their visual focus capacity. Some IOLs only provide one range of focus, so patients will need corrective lenses to see objects in other focus ranges. Other IOLs move with the eye or provide multi-focal vision.
In the Santa Monica and Beverly Hills area lens implant surgery patients are in luck. Dr. James Khodabakhsh, one of the country’s leading experts in cataract surgery and lens implantation, heads Beverly Hills Vision Institute, providing a variety of lenses to suit a variety of patients.
Treating patients in the Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica areas and patients from around the world, Dr. Khodabakhsh has perfected laser cataract surgery techniques, and was one of the first surgeons to offer Crystalens IOLs.
Crystalens IOLs help correct cataracts as well as presbyopia — the age-related decline of near vision. In addition to offering Crystalens cataract surgery lens implants to the people of Santa Monica, Dr. Khodabakhsh also offers Acrysof Restor lenses. These are multifocal lenses that allow the patient to see at a variety of distances because the lens has multiple focal points.
Toric lens implants correct astigmatism, reducing blurry vision after surgery. The TECNIS multifocal lens is also a popular choice, as it allows patients to see at any distance in any light condition.
Choosing the right lens implant for your surgery is easy at Beverly Hills Vision Institute. Whether you live in Santa Monica or are traveling in from elsewhere, Dr. Khodabakhsh will give his full attention to examining your eyes and deciding the best course of action.
About Beverly Hills Vision Institute
At Beverly Hills Vision Institute, your vision is their number one priority. Found in Beverly Hills, the Beverly Hills Vision Institute provides ophthalmic care for your whole family. Though he specializes in cataract and laser vision correction surgeries, Dr. Khodabakhsh also performs routine vision corrections.
Contact:
Edward Moss
Promoting Group
310.933.1373
Edward.Moss@promotinggroup.com
http://www.beverlyhillsvision.com
