Set new type of glass, no need to wear glasses

By placing new type artificial lenses, after surgery, cataract patients may not need glasses.

Before performing artificial lens surgery to regulate Acrysof Restor, patients should check their eyes and eyes as soon as possible.(Photo: H.Cat)

One month after being placed with both artificial lenses regulating Acrysof Restor in both eyes, 23 patients did not need to use extra glasses in their daily activities but still could see both the near distance and the distance.

This result has been BS. Tran Thi Phuong Thu, Director of HCMC Eye Hospital announced in a press conference on June 15 before the 8th Ophthalmic Science and Technology Workshop.

Since the end of 2004, Ho Chi Minh City Eye Hospital has tried to apply artificial lens to regulate at the High Tech Park. About 200 cases were performed to install an artificial lens that regulates Acrysof Restor. In it, 23 cases were placed with artificial lenses regulating both eyes.

While conventional artificial lenses only allow people to wear or look far or near, Restor artificial lenses can adjust both near and far vision. Therefore, it can help patients with a wide range of vision from near, moderate, and far-sighted without the need to minimize or wear support glasses after surgery.

The lens is a transparent disc on the inside of the eye, which focuses light rays into the retina to create a clear, sharp image, like the lens of a camera focusing images into movies.The lens acts as a focusing lens behind the iris and participates in the regulation of the eye.

Cataract is a phenomenon of cataract opaque.The cloudy glass is like a blurred glass that can't see clearly outside.This opacity prevents light from passing through.As a result, the retina does not obtain images and impaired vision leads to blindness.

The main cause is related to old age, diabetes, hypertension, myopia, trauma.Over 80% of people with cataract are people over 50 years old. In addition, there are many other causes such as ultraviolet rays, infrared in sunlight .

Symptoms of cataract: One, sight is blurry, vision is impaired, vision is difficult, flashy, night-blind, dimmer in cool place.Two, poor vision in bright areas surrounded.Three, look at an object into two or three;and often change eyeglasses.

(Source: medinet.hochiminhcity.gov.vn)

According to the research results of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 80% of patients were put on this type of artificial artificial lens without wearing support glasses to look far away or look near the. So far, this result is even better, more than 90% of patients after surgery do not need additional glasses.

Meanwhile, after placing a normal artificial lens, only about 20% of patients do not need glasses.

The best indication for the use of this regulated artificial lens, is that the patient has cataracts only and does not have any other eye disease.

So BS. Phuong Thu stressed to achieve the best surgical results, patients need to come to the clinic early, let the doctor see the bottom of the eye to eliminate other diseases.

However, cataract patients visit HCMC Eye Hospital, mostly at the end stage. The eyeball is cloudy and white so it is very difficult for doctors to predict other eye diseases, because the eyes cannot be examined.

Currently, at the Eye Technical High School of the Eye Hospital, the cost of a regulated artificial lens is $ 1,000 per eye, while in the US, the cost is 4,000 - 5,000 UDS.

Ho Chi Minh City Eye Hospital is still monitoring long-term results in 2-3 years, so it has not been widely introduced to patients about this treatment method of artificial lens.

In the future, the method of using artificial lens to regulate can substitute for surgery to change refraction, can be directed to surgery for patients with presbyopia, even patients suffering from presbyopia. Cataract.

According to Orbis, cataract is the leading cause of blindness, accounting for 65% of the causes of blindness in Vietnam.

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