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Medical Forum / General / Vision / September 2005cristalens
what are the problems ? minimal accommodative result, larger incisions, and the ususal w.stacy, o.d. >what are the problems ? > > > minimal accommodative result, larger incisions, and the ususal Monovision might be better for those who can adapt to it. But by the time cataracts develop, the patient probably cannot perform an experiment that will determine whether this will be the case. >> minimal accommodative result, larger incisions, and the ususal >> >Monovision might be better for those who can adapt to it. But by the time >cataracts develop, the patient probably cannot perform an experiment that >will determine whether this will be the case. IMHP monovision should be an option for emerging presbyopes, and should be discouraged for pseudophakes, unless the disparity in powers from eye to eye is less than a diopter or so. Robert Martellaro ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Optician/Owner Roberts Optical robopt@execpc.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field." - Niels Bohr Not sure exactly what you're saying here. Do you mean "soon to be" pseuodophakes? I mean once you're a pseudophake, monovision either is or isn't there, by design or by accident. But I agree with the 1 D. limit for most people. Anything more than that really robs a person of their stereovision. w.stacy, o.d. (a pseudophake with about 1D. mono) >IMHP monovision should be an option for emerging presbyopes, and should be >discouraged for pseudophakes, unless the disparity in powers from eye to eye is >less than a diopter or so. > > >Not sure exactly what you're saying here. Do you mean "soon to be" >pseuodophakes? Right. Pseudoaphakics scheduled for IOLs. Regards, Robert I think you mean cataract or refractive patients scheduled for IOLs (they won't be pseudophakes until after the IOLs are implanted). w.stacy, o.d. > > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >Robert > >I think you mean cataract or refractive patients scheduled for IOLs >(they won't be pseudophakes until after the IOLs are implanted). [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >>Robert >> Pseudoaphakic= cataract/opacity? Pseudophakic= IOL? Or do I have it backwards again! And of course aphakic= w/o crystalline lens. Regards, Robert "Robert Martellaro" <robopt@nospam.com> wrote in message > Pseudoaphakic= cataract/opacity? > > Pseudophakic= IOL? You're pseudophakic if you have IOL's. Example: me. If you have cataract/opacity, you are an appropriate candidate to become pseudophakic, though others occasionally do solely to obtain a change in refraction. On this list we occasionally discuss whether it is appropriate for an individual of the latter type to become pseudophakic, given the risks and benefits. >You're pseudophakic if you have IOL's. Example: me. > > Right, a lesson in word construction: a- means without or none (e.g. amoral, asymmentric) pseudo- means fake or artificial (e.g. pseudonym, pseudoscientific) phakia means intraocular lens (aphakia, pseudophakia) so an aphakic eye has had its crystalline lens removed with no replacement (condition is aphakia) a pseudophakic eye has had an artificial IOL implanted (condition is pseudophakia) and a phakic eye has the "original equipment" lens intact, which may or may not have cataracts w.stacy, o.d. We have a detailed article on Crystalens at http://www.usaeyes.org/faq/subjects/crystalens.htm Glenn Hagele Executive Director USAEyes.org "Consider and Choose With Confidence" Email to glenn dot hagele at usaeyes dot org http://www.USAEyes.org http://www.ComplicatedEyes.org I am not a doctor. I have no problems. Had both eyes done over the past 3 months or so. 1.5D or so of accomodation, but that is a hell of a lot better than nothing. Left eye is slightly myopic, right eye is plano. The biggest problem with the procedure, I'd say, is the cost. Is it 1.5 D. in EACH eye, or binocularly? If you got that much in each eye, I'd be (pleasantly) surprised. How's your night vision? Any halos or star bursts? w.stacy, o.d. > I have no problems. Had both eyes done over the past 3 months or so. > > 1.5D or so of accomodation, but that is a hell of a lot better than > nothing. Left eye is slightly myopic, right eye is plano. > > The biggest problem with the procedure, I'd say, is the cost.
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