New lens options offered offered with cataract surgery

As early as the 1970's cataract surgery was pretty straightforward.  The cataractous lens was removed and after a period of about 6 weeks weeks you would get a prescription for glasses. The lenses in these lenses were very thick making adaptation to the real world very difficult. Intraocular lens implantation performed simultaneously with cataract removal changed all that.  Now,  as lenses have continued to evolve there are many choices available to patients.  For instance available now are accommadative lenses that change power as you focus.  An example of this is the Bausch and Lomb Crystalens.  Other lenses available are diffractive multifocal lenses known for their excellent distance and near vision.  Still other lenses offer visual improvement for those patients with visually significant astigmatism.

The array of choices can be confusing.  To help with your decide if you are a candidate for cataract surgery at this time and also help you find the intraocular lens that's best for you consider coming to the physicians at North Shore Eye Care, one of the leading centers of intraocular lens implantaion since the 1970's. All  of our surgeons are board certified.  Additionally, we have consistently been recognized in Castle Connelly's Top Doctors in the New York Metro Area.  We have also been designated a Bausch and Lomb Crystalens Center of Excellence.  Peforming cataract surgery at North Shore Eye are Drs. Lawrence Zweibel, Jeffrey Martin, and John Mauro.

At Northshore Eye we perform surgery on patients as far east at Riverhead, the Hamptons, Sag Harbor, Shelter Island, Eastport, Manorville, Jamesport, Mattituck, Cutchogue, Patchogue, Port Jefferson, Mt. Sinai, Stony Brook, Bayshore, Smithtown, Kings Park, Northport, Huntington, Dix Hills, Plainview, Cold Spring Harbor, Port Washington, Lawrence, Merrick, Garden City, and as far west as New York City.