ReSTOR® and ReZoom™ Lens Implants Offered in Fayetteville, North Carolina
ReSTOR® and ReZoom™ lens implants, available at our North Carolina eye centers in Fayetteville and Sanford, are leading-edge multifocal intraocular lenses (IOLs) designed to both replace cataractous lenses and provide clear, full-range vision through innovative refractive correction. With multifocal IOLs, you can see things clearly up close, far away, and at mid-range without the need for eye glasses or contact lenses.
Why choose multifocal lens implants?
Your eyes are constantly focusing and refocusing on objects at a wide variety of distances. Whether you are at work or at play, your eyes' ability to continually readjust is critical to seeing with clarity and accuracy. The process of refocusing to provide clarity at intermediate and near distances is called accommodation. When you accommodate, your eyes' natural lenses actually change shape to focus on objects at various distances. As people age, the eyes' ability to accommodate diminishes, resulting in the need for corrective lenses in order to see clearly at near distances.
People with cataracts also often suffer from refractive errors and require prescription eye glasses or contact lenses to see clearly at all distances, even after cataract surgery. However, cataract surgery actually provides an opportunity to have refractive errors corrected, in addition to having cataracts removed.
In conventional cataract surgery, single-vision, or monofocal, IOLs replace the patient's clouded lenses, providing either the ability to see clearly up close or far away, but not both. However, with new multifocal IOLs such as the ReSTOR® and ReZoom™ lens implants available in North Carolina at our Fayetteville-area eye centers, patients can see clearly at all distances, which can significantly reduce or eliminate the need for glasses and contact lenses.
ReSTOR® and ReZoom™ lens replacements are implanted during cataract surgery. The procedure is the same whether you choose single-vision or multifocal IOLs, the only difference being how you will see after the procedure. ReSTOR® and ReZoom™ lens replacements provide clear, crisp vision at all ranges, along with the freedom of not having to wear corrective lenses.
ReSTOR® IOLs
ReSTOR® lens implants by AcrySof® are artificial lenses made of a soft plastic material that can be folded prior to insertion, allowing for smaller incisions and quicker healing time. They are designed to replace the natural clouded lenses in cataract patients and provide patients with a full range of vision—up close, at mid-range, and at greater distances. The technology behind ReSTOR® lens implants is a patented process called apodized diffraction — the gradual bending of light as it passes through different heights. By combining apodized diffraction with refractive technology, ReSTOR® lens implants enable the eyes to focus on multiple images at varying distances.
ReZoom™ IOLs
ReZoom™ lens implants by Advanced Medical Optics (AMO®) are artificial lenses made of high-refractive-index acrylic material. Like ReSTOR® lens implants, ReZoom™ lens implants are soft and can be folded prior to insertion into the eye. Based on Balanced View Optics™ Technology, ReZoom™ lens implants allow patients to see well at a variety of distances and under varying light conditions. Each lens has five different zones: bright light/distance dominant; near dominant in moderate to low light; distance in moderate to low light; near dominant in a range of lighting conditions; and low light/distance dominant. With ReZoom™ lens implants, you can see well whether you are driving at night, reading a book, or playing golf in the sun.
Contact Cape Fear Eye Associates for ReSTOR® and ReZoom™ Lens Replacements
If you have cataracts and would like to get the most out of cataract surgery, ReSTOR® and ReZoom™ lens implants, available in North Carolina at our Fayetteville and Sanford eye centers, may provide you with lens replacement and the ability to see at all distances without the need for contacts or glasses. To schedule a consultation with one of our ophthalmologists, contact Cape Fear Eye Associates today.
To learn more about improving your vision with ReSTOR® and ReZoom™ lens replacements, contact the Fayetteville, North Carolina office of Cape Fear Eye Associates today.