Presbyopia
As people age their eyes’ natural lenses thicken and become stiff, making it difficult to see small print and other small items sharply. This condition leads to headaches, eye strain, and blurry vision. In other words, as we age, presbyopia can impair an active lifestyle. With a growing population of older adults, presbyopia affects the lives of countless people living in our community. In fact, it is estimated that by 2030, nearly 2.1 billion people will suffer from presbyopia[1].
Clinical findings to date have shown that tissue addition technology can improve patients’ near vision substantially, sometimes by an average of 5 lines in emmetropic presbyopic patients, without significantly altering their preoperative distance vision. Patients have benefitted from excellent binocular UCVA at distance, intermediate (70 cm), and near (40 cm), rapid visual recovery, and minimal postoperative discomfort[2].
