Finally...Freedom From Reading Glasses  |
As the field of ophthalmology has developed over the years, new technologies have emerged to correct vision and replace the need for glasses and contact lenses. Mainstream options such as LASIK vision correction surgery and refractive lens exchange are popular ways to treat nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism. But now, those needing assistance with reading vision, too, have an option that could free them from the burden of wearing glasses on a daily basis. The United States Food and Drug Administration has recently approved a new lens implant called ReSTOR® that gives people the ability to read up close with both eyes. While new to the United States, this lens is not new to Albert Florens Storm Eye Institute at the Medical University of South Carolina. During Storm Eye’s participation in the clinical trial, which led to the lens’s FDA approval, approximately 80 patients were implanted with ReSTOR and then followed for three years so that their visual outcomes and satisfaction levels could be tracked and recorded. The majority of trial participants no longer require glasses for distance or up close vision.“With a ReSTOR lens implant, those needing glasses for distance vision and bifocals for reading will be able to do both without the aid of their glasses,” says Kerry Solomon, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology and cataract and refractive surgeon at Storm Eye Institute. “One hundred percent of the population will eventually experience presbyopia, or the need for reading glasses. We now have an exciting treatment option that really works.”“The ReSTOR is a multifocal lens which alters the way light rays focus on the eye, allowing patients to see both distance and up close,” says David Vroman, MD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and cataract and refractive surgeon at Storm Eye Institute. “It is exciting to be able to offer such an effective procedure for our patients struggling with the need for reading glasses.” Dr. Solomon agrees, “This isn’t an evolution. It’s a revolution. We can now treat patients in an entirely new field of refractive surgery.”
The ReSTOR lens implant is now available throughout the country, including Storm Eye Institute. Interested patients should consult their eye care provider to discuss the best option for their individual needs, call Storm Eye Institute for more information at
(843) 792-8100, or visit them online at www.stormeye.org. |
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