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Dreyer Medical Clinic Offers Life-Changing Options for Treating Cataracts
| Tuesday, 30 August 2011 16:08 |
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Dreyer’s Department of Ophthalmology, a leader in cataract surgery in the Aurora/Fox Valley area, offers the most advanced techniques and technologies to treat its cataract patients and enhance their quality of life.
“Many conditions affect people as they age, and cataracts are one of the most common,” says Dr. John Chu, Ophthalmologist. “A cataract is a clouding of the eye’s natural lens and this interferes with the quality of vision and makes normal activities such as driving a car and reading a newspaper increasingly difficult.” While not all cataracts require surgery, it is the most effective treatment and one of the safest and most common surgical procedures performed. The actual procedure involves removing the cloudy lens and replacing it with an artificial lens called an intraocular lens (IOL). “The vast majority of patients who undergo cataract surgery today receive monofocal IOLs, which typically require them to use reading glasses or bifocals for near vision following surgery,” explained Dr. Tosca Kekish, Ophthalmologist. “The good news is that IOL technology has taken a giant leap forward. Now, the objective is not simply to improve patients’ distance vision, but rather to enhance their vision with an IOL that provides them with a range of quality vision. We are finding that this type of IOL is allowing patients to abandon their glasses and enhance their lifestyle.” Dr. Chu and Dr. Kekish both agree, the most dynamic product of this type of IOL is the AcrySof® ReStor® IOL, a multifocal lens that treats both cataracts and presbyopia. Presbyopia is another age-related condition where your eye loses its ability to shift from distance to near, thus the need for reading glasses or bifocals. In clinical trials, four out of five patients who received the AcrySof® ReStor® IOL in both eyes reported never wearing their glasses or bifocals following surgery. Dreyer Medical Clinic has been implanting these specialized IOLs for the past 3 years, and Dr.’s Chu and Kekish say the results are outstanding. Dreyer Medical Clinic also offers the AcrySof® Toric IOL, which provides cataract patients with correction of astigmatism. Astigmatism is an abnormality of the cornea where the cornea is oval shaped like a football instead of round like a baseball which is quite common. This blurs vision at distance, intermediate, and near. Clinical trial results showed that 97 percent of patients achieved freedom from glasses for distance vision when the AcrySof® Toric IOL was implanted in both eyes. To learn more about these products, visit www.cataractsurgery.com The Dreyer Medical Clinic Department of Ophthalmology offers appointments at two locations in Aurora: Dreyer’s Highland location at 1221 N Highland Avenue, 630-264-8800, and Dreyer’s Fox Valley Villages location at 4100 Healthway Drive, 630-978-6649. |