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cataract surgery on long island

Posted on Aug 01 2009 by unknown

the latest techniques in cataract surgery are available at northshore eye care on long island, new york. Drs. lawrence zweibel and jeffrey martin who have been recognized by castle connelly's best doctors in the new york metro area perform cataract surgery on an outpatient basis. As a result patients are able to arrive for surgery and leave for home all within a 2 hour period. anesthia for surgery is minimal requiring only minor relaxation and eye drops in most cases. Incicions are microscopic and self sealing so sutures are not required for wound closure. while cataract surgery is mainly performed to improve vision and normal daily function it can also greatly reduce ones dependence on glasses. the newer modern lenses available can correct astigmatism(toric intraocular lenses) and can also correct both distance and near vision simultaneously. this can be accomplished with both accommadative and multifocal lenses.at northshore eye care we serve townships thruout long island includin

ilasik...the bladeless custom lasik option by the top doctors in Long Island New York

Posted on Jul 31 2009 by unknown

Ilasik has received a lot of buzz recently in Long Island New York where North Shore Eye Care has been a leader in laser vision correction and lasik eye surgery. Dr. Jeffrey Martin, Dr. Sidney Martin, and Dr. Lawrence Zweibel, the three board certified eye surgeons of North Shore Eye Care, are firm advocates of doing what is in the best interest of their patients always and that is why ilasik is the only lasik laser eye surgery offered at North Shore Eye Care. Many providers of laser vision correction offer lesser procedures for less money, but Dr. Jeff Martin and Dr. Larry Zweibel do only bladeless custom lasik with iris registration which is the most sophisticated intricate laser lasik eye surgery possible. We use Intralase bladeless laser to create a thin flap in the superficial layers of the cornea. Intralase is the safest and most accurate way to make a flap in the cornea. We then use Visx Customvue Wavescan Waveprint Wavemapping to create a truly custom laser vision correcti

Advanced Cataract Surgery by the Cataract Experts at North Shore Eye Care in Long Island New York

Posted on Jul 30 2009 by unknown

Since 1960 when Dr. Sidney Martin started North Shore Eye Care in Smithtown New York on Long Island, North Shore Eye Care has taken excellent care of patients with diabetes and diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, cataract and cataract surgery, macular degeneration, dry eye, and most recently lasik laser vision correction laser eye surgery including ilasik which is bladeless custom lasik with iris registration. Over the years, Dr. Sid Martin, a board certified ophthalmologist, strived to give the best to his patients and that continues to today. Today, Dr. Jeff Martin and Dr. Larry Zweibel, both board certified eye surgeons, constantly strive to improve patient care and patient experience. From the moment you walk through the doors of North Shore Eye Care in Smithtown New York, you feel the professional warm and caring staff is trying to make your experience the best it can be. In Cataract surgery, Dr. Martin and Dr. Zweibel perform many hundred cataract surgery operations each year.

ilasik is the right way... the lasik experts in Long Island New York

Posted on Jul 29 2009 by unknown

You are considering laser vision correction and you have heard a lot of different opinions. Custom lasik or regular lasik....blade or bladeless. Some providers of lasik laser eye surgery say that it doesn't matter, but at North Shore Eye Care in Smithtown New York on Long Island, we do only the best laser vision correction procedures. With lasik, Dr. Jeffrey Martin and Dr. Lawrence Zweibel, both board certified, do only bladeless lasik. We use the Intralase laser to make a thin and the safest flap possible in every case. The older blade microkeratomes are more prone to significant visually compromising complications. The bladeless Intralase is much less prone to any flap complication. When it comes to the lasik laser vision correction, we do only Visx Customvue using Wavescan to make a Waveprint or Wavemap of your vision. Your visual system is like your fingerprint and only custom lasik accounts for the fine irregularites that make your eye unique. Non custom lasik is clearly

Cataract surgery center of excellence in Long Island New York

Posted on Jul 28 2009 by unknown

North Shore Eye Care is proud to be named a Cataract Surgery Center of Excellence for Crystalens. Dr. Martin and Dr. Zweibel, both board certified eye surgeons and ophthalmologists, have been performing hundreds of advanced cataract surgery procedures each year for many years. They use the latest techniques for cataract surgery in their Smithtown New York practice including cataract surgery with no stitches, no patch, and no injections. Routinely, our patients stay in their own clothes and receive IV sedation to relax. Numbing eye drops are used and the cataract or cloudy lens is removed through a small incision using phacoemulsification or computer controlled ultrasound. A new intraocular lens implant is then used to restore vision. Dr. Jeff Martin and Dr. Larry Zweibel use many implants including the accommodating implants Crystalens 5.0 and Crystalens HD that allow a patient to see far and near without glasses or contact lenses. As a matter of fact, Dr. Martin and Dr. Zweibel

cataracts

Posted on Jul 27 2009 by unknown

cataracts, or a clouding of the natural crystalline lens within the eye are a major cause of worldwide visual loss. surgery to enhance vision for this problem has been documented to at least 2000 B.C. it wasn't until the mid 20th cntury that great strides in surgical rehabilitaion occurred. In 1949 Sir Harold Ridley noticed when an airforce had an imbedded piece of plastic in his eye from the airplane canopy that it caused no reaction. from this observation the age of intraocular lens implantation was born. no longer would people require thick spectacles to replace a cataractous lens. recently newer lenses have been developed that significantly reduce the need for glasses following cataract surgery. one type of lens is called the crystalens made by bausch and lomb. northshore eye care and its surgeons have been named the crystalens center of excellence. these same surgeons, Drs. lawrence zweibel and jeffrey martin have also been listed in Castle Connolly's top doctors over the past