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Revolutionary new trifocal lens ends need for glasses after cataract surgery
A new trifocal lens implant that offers near, intermediate and distance vision, is revolutionising the treatment of cataracts.
Consultant ophthalmic surgeon Mr Bobby Qureshi, who uses the new trifocal implant at the London Eye Hospital, says the results are
almost instantaneous.
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‘Traditional multifocal lenses have been around for more than a decade but they developed a bad reputation because, while they offer
patients good near and far vision, they don’t provide enough intermediate vision for computer use, for example.
‘They also cause too much glare for many people.
‘This trifocal lens overcomes these two main drawbacks, providing good all-round vision, with hardly any glare.’
The lens has three different focal parts: for near, far and intermediate vision.
The operation Mr Qureshi performs to insert the implant is bladeless. It is carried out under local anaesthetic using a state-of-the-art
computer-guided laser and takes just a few minutes.
Mr Qureshi says: ‘Patients can return to work the day after surgery and they should notice an improvement in their vision the next day,
if not sooner.
A new trifocal lens implant that offers near, intermediate and distance vision, is revolutionising the treatment of cataracts.
Consultant ophthalmic surgeon Mr Bobby Qureshi, who uses the new trifocal implant at the London Eye Hospital, says the results are
almost instantaneous.
<a href="http://s1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/365Wildfire/?action=view&current=1-15.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/365Wildfire/1-15.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
‘Traditional multifocal lenses have been around for more than a decade but they developed a bad reputation because, while they offer
patients good near and far vision, they don’t provide enough intermediate vision for computer use, for example.
‘They also cause too much glare for many people.
‘This trifocal lens overcomes these two main drawbacks, providing good all-round vision, with hardly any glare.’
The lens has three different focal parts: for near, far and intermediate vision.
The operation Mr Qureshi performs to insert the implant is bladeless. It is carried out under local anaesthetic using a state-of-the-art
computer-guided laser and takes just a few minutes.
Mr Qureshi says: ‘Patients can return to work the day after surgery and they should notice an improvement in their vision the next day,
if not sooner.
