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Age-related macular degeneration, often called ARMD or AMD, is the leading cause of vision loss among Americans 65 and older.
AMD causes damage to the macula, which is the central portion of the retina responsible for sharp central vision. AMD doesn't lead to complete blindness because peripheral vision is still intact, but the loss of central vision can interfere with simple everyday activities such as reading and driving, and it can be very debilitating.
Types of Macular Degeneration
There are two types of macular degeneration: Dry AMD and Wet AMD.
Dry (non-exudative) macular degeneration constitutes approximately 85-90% of all cases of AMD. Dry AMD results from...
What Is Intraoperative Aberrometry?
Yes, that is a mouthful, but the concept isn’t quite as hard as the name.
An Intraoperative Aberrometer is an instrument we can use in the operating room to help us determine the correct power of the implant we put in your eye during cataract surgery.
Cataract surgery is the removal of the cloudy natural lens of your eye and the insertion of a new artificial lens inside your eye called an intraocular lens (IOL).
The cloudy cataract that we are removing has focusing power (think of a lens in a camera) and when that lens is removed, we need to insert an artificial lens in its place to replace that focusing power. The amount of focusing...
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