Should you choose a premium lens for your cataract surgery?
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Should you choose a premium lens for your cataract surgery?

Since the lens is responsible for 1/3 of focus and is a critical element in the eye's focusing system, it must be replaced. Otherwise, the light rays will fail to focus light to a tiny spot on the ...
When Cataract Surgery is Anything But Routine
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When Cataract Surgery is Anything But Routine

Most of the time, cataract surgery is an easy, comfortable and fast surgery for patient and surgeon alike. Modern techniques often use femtosecond laser to divide the cataract into manageable piece...
Why Dr. Krawitz for Your Cataract Surgery
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Why Dr. Krawitz for Your Cataract Surgery

Dr. Paul Krawitz completed his ophthalmology residency and glaucoma fellowship at Mount Sinai Medical Center in 1990. Since that time, he has refined his cataract surgery technique, based upon tens...
Flomax commercials contain a warning about Cataract Surgery
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Flomax commercials contain a warning about Cataract Surgery

There is a drug side effect that is adversely affecting the treatment of cataracts by making the surgery more difficult and increasing the likelihood of surgical complications. The drugs causing th...
ORA Intraoperative Computer Imaging for Cataract Surgery
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ORA Intraoperative Computer Imaging for Cataract Surgery

Eye surgeons often recommend ORA Intraoperative Computer Imaging, which takes thousands of images and performs calculations after your natural lens is removed but before a lens implant is inserted,...
Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery
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Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery

VisiVite's C.E.O., Dr. Paul Krawitz recommends that you consider Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery if you have one of the following conditions: extremely dense cataract, previous significant eye trau...
When to have Cataract Surgery
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When to have Cataract Surgery

Likening a cataract to a piece of fruit, and waiting until it’s “ripe”before you can have surgery might be a catchy phrase. But it’s also outdated medicine.
Cataract Surgery - The Toric Lament
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Cataract Surgery - The Toric Lament

Patients with astigmatism who have undergone cataract surgery often lament their choice to have a standard lens implanted which does not fully correct their vision.
Cataract Surgery Intraocular Lens Choices
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Cataract Surgery Intraocular Lens Choices

During cataract surgery, the lens is dissolved using ultrasound and then vacuumed out of the eye. In its place, the ophthalmic surgeon places an intraocular lens implant. Cataract surgery using a ...