After Cataract Surgery, 92% of patients achieve driving vision or better (6/12 (which is 2 lines away from 20/20) or better)!
What is a Cataract?
A Cataract is the name given to the natural lens inside the eye when it has become cloudy or less clear in appearance. A common misconception is that the cataract is like a "film" or "skin" that has grown over the eye, and this simply is not true. In actual fact, if you are suffering from a cataract, then the lens itself has gone cloudy and this can occur due to age, trauma, diabetes, or genetics to name a few causes. You can chose to have treatment at any stage of cataract development- gone are the days where you had to wait for the cataract to be 'ripe'! In fact people with spectacles are asking for surgery earlier, even before the cataract develops, so they too can benefit from permanent, full range vision- all without specs!
Cataract Surgery:
Modern Day Surgery can effectively remove the cataract and insert a new lens implant in a procedure that in most cases lasts no longer than 20 minutes and does not require injections. At LondonOC, our skilled ophthalmic surgeons use only the best techniques, such as topical anaesthesia, keeping you comfortable without the need for injections. We utilise the latest keyhole surgery (without stitches) and remove the cataract using state of the art, ultrasound machines.
Our Ultrasonic machines are the latest dual pump machines which give the surgeon unsurpassed control during the procedure. The Bausch & Lomb Millennium Microsurgical System with its phaco-burst technology reduces the total amount of ultrasonic energy delivered to the eye during phaco-emulsification. These improvements lower the risk of thermal or physical injury to the cornea and incision site. With this machine the latest methods are available here at LondonOC, including bimanual phaco-emulsification, where the incision site is merely 1.8mm wide (standard is 4.1mm). Again, our phaco hand pieces use the most advanced bimanual technology for new hyper "cool" techniques, further reducing heat during the procedure.
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Choosing the Right Lens:
The artificial lens chosen especially for your eye will give you clear vision for the rest of your life. Your eye surgeon will advise you on the most suitable lenses available and you will have a choice; for example you may opt for a lens that gives you clear vision in the distance and near (reading), called a multi-focal lens, which could mean no more specs required- for life!
We offer new multifocal toric and prismatic lenses, correcting all types of refractive error, including new SULCOFLEX multifocal lenses for people who have had Cataract surgery in the past with a standard lens, but now wish to upgrade to a premium multifocal lens! This safe procedure is simple, taking approx 5 minutes, under topical anaesthesia! See below for more details:
For patients with poor vision, and where previously it was said 'nothing can be done', now have the option of micro-telescope implants giving new powerful imagery to patients with diseased retina!
We have access to all the latest intraocular lenses (IOL) available today, and considering this lens will remain in your eye for the rest of your life, we have a selection of only the finest at the London ophthalmology Centre, including:
Injectable lenses through micro keyhole surgery
The world’s first aberration free IOL from Bausch & Lomb!
Aspherical, Anti-Glare Lenses with improved contrast perception – Experience vision the way it used to be!
See near and far with Multi-focal lenses! These allow up to 90% of patients to do away with glasses altogether, immediately after surgery! Click here for more details
*NEW* HD Vision with these new multi/ bifocal lens implants giving a superior quality of perfect vision! Ask for more details of our new HD vision lenses
Sulcoflex MULTI focal lens implants
The Sulcoflex Multifocal lens can provide reading vision without glasses for patients that have had standard cataract surgery in the past and currently depend on glasses to be able to read.
The lens is designed for placement behind the iris of eyes that have previously received a standard monofocal lens. The optical principles are the same as the standard Mflex multifocal intraocular lens, but the lens is thinner and designed to rest easily in between the iris and the previously implanted monofocal lens.
Blue Blocker IOL to protect the Retina from harmful UV rays from the sun.
New Multifocal TORIC lenses so for the first time we can fix your short- sight AND your astigmatism in one procedure! These British lenses are a worlds' first and have been proven to be more effective than previous options.
Accomodative lens: new implants which work like your natural lens- we use the first EU approved such lens , made by AMO!
New PRISM lens implants so we can treat areas of bad retina by redirecting the light rays to healthy parts of the retina!
New IOL VIP for macular degeneration - a micro telescope implant to give better magnification and image details for patients with macular degeneration. Click here for more details!
