We are here with Alessandro and his ICLs have finally arrived, two magnificent toric V5 model ICLs of the latest generation to correct his vision defect. Alessandro does not have a very high vision defect, we have around four diopters in one eye and three in the other, therefore an astigmatic, myopic vision defect and...Read More

Tomorrow I will have refractive surgery, something I’ve long wanted to finally get rid of my glasses. I’ve never liked them and always ended up breaking them somehow. The procedure will last about five minutes; anesthetic drops will be used, so I will stay awake during the procedure. Shortly after, I will be discharged, and...Read More

Download PDF Phakic lOLs can be used safely in low to moderate diopters. BY YOSHIHIRO KITAZAWA, MD, PHD, AND ERNESTO ALONSO JUAREZ, MD Overview of My Long-Term Experience in Japan Yoshihiro Kitazawa, MD. PhD Refractive surgery has a short but rich history that started in the early 1990s. I was among the early adopters, offering...Read More

It is news in recent months that Bausch&Lomb’s acquisition of the ICeight cataract intraocular lenses which had in the past few months had FDA approval so it is a lens that had CE mark but was not saleable in the United States had FDA approval and now it has been acquired by Bausch & Lomb....Read More

 30 years after the world’s first ICL phakic lens implant by Prof. P. M. Pesando and Dr. M. P. Ghiringhello, today we are finally witnessing the first surgery in Italy, as well as one of the first in Europe, of the Visian ICL VIVA phakic lens implant, the brand new V6 lens for the...Read More

With TECNIS Synergy™ IOLs, you have the opportunity to see a continuous range of high-quality vision, even up close and in low light. Indications For Use: The Model ZFR00V is indicated for primary implantation for the visual correction of aphakia in adult patients with or without presbyopia, in whom a cataractous lens has been removed....Read More