As you age you may find your eyesight changing and becoming more blurred, more sensitive to bright lights, and colors becoming dull or faded resulting in more frequent changes to your corrective lens prescription. These changes in your vision are very likely a result of cataracts. Cataracts occur when the lens becomes cloudy, blurring your vision. Other symptoms may include poor night vision, double vision, and the appearance of a glare or halo from bright lights. Cataracts are the main cause of poor vision in adults, affecting most Americans by the time they are 80 years old. Even though cataracts are so common, risk may be increased by sun exposure, diabetes, family history, injury to your eyes, and certain medications. The good news is that cataract surgery has a success rate of over 95%! However without surgery the clouded area will become larger and eventually result in a loss of vision.
Christenbury Eye Center has become a pioneer in Customized Cataract Surgery, whose advanced technology provides a safe and comfortable experience and an extremely fast recovery. The improvement will be so immediate that you will be able to watch TV and even drive the same day as the surgery! This new customized surgery paving the way in cataract treatment uses the ReSTOR IOL (Intraocular Lens). ReSTOR is a multifocal lens which provides a full range of vision. Because the coverage of this lens is all-encompassing, you will most likely not need corrective glasses or contact lenses following surgery. The older Monofocal lens only allows for clear vision at a fixed mid-range distance, requiring the use of corrective lenses for near, far, and even still some middle distances. ReSTOR allows you to regain your youthful vision more quickly and can eliminate your vision care costs!
Visit http://christenbury.com for more information on cataracts and cataract surgery, or call us at 800-702-2020. You may only be a FREE consultation away from 20/20 vision or better!
Monday, June 29, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Don't qualify for LASIK? Choose Visian ICL!
Always at the forefront of vision correction technology, Dr. Christenbury was the first physician in North Carolina to provide Visian Implantable Collamer Lens, or Visian ICL, for moderate to severe Nearsightedness. Visian ICL will help you enjoy clearer, sharper, and more vivid vision, with much more depth and dimension. This High Definition Vision is only available with Visian ICL.
Visian ICL acts as a permanent contact lens once it is implanted into the eye. However, this FDA approved technology requires none of the maintenance of a normal contact lens such as cleaning, replacing, and being put in or taken out of the eye on a daily basis. This technology does in fact potentially nullify the need for corrective eyewear of any kind. Sandy Ferguson, a patient of Dr. Christenbury’s, says “It has been [over a] month since I received the Visian ICL surgery, and I can not stop raving about the experience and how well I can see without assistance from contacts or glasses. I have worn glasses/contacts for 23 years and the last month has been such a blessing to have freedom from them.”
The Visian lens is implanted during a minimally invasive and virtually painless outpatient surgery. The lens is capable of being folded and inserted through a minute 3 mm incision in the eye, into the area in front of the natural lens and behind the iris. Once in place, the lens will unfold on its own and will not move. Since the incision is so small it does not require sutures following the surgery; it will seal itself. Due to the extremely small size of the incision, recovery time may be as quick as a single day. Caroline Ingle, another satisfied patient, shared her results with us: “I am completely thrilled with my results and have not regretted my decision to go with the Visian Lens. Two hours after the surgery, I could see well enough to drive and in one week I had 20/20 vision. Each day my vision is becoming clearer as well. I cannot wait to find out what my vision might be after one month.”
One of the biggest concerns people seem to have with corrective laser surgery is that it is an irreversible procedure that will permanently change the eye. A huge advantage of Visian ICL is that even though the vision correction is permanent, the lens can be removed or replaced in the unlikely occurrence of negative side effects. In the words of patient S. Steinbrueck, “It’s a good feeling to know that if there was ever a problem, this procedure can be reversed.”
For more information on Visian ICL or to schedule your free consultation, please contact us by visiting www.christenbury.com or call us at (877) 702-2020.
Visian ICL acts as a permanent contact lens once it is implanted into the eye. However, this FDA approved technology requires none of the maintenance of a normal contact lens such as cleaning, replacing, and being put in or taken out of the eye on a daily basis. This technology does in fact potentially nullify the need for corrective eyewear of any kind. Sandy Ferguson, a patient of Dr. Christenbury’s, says “It has been [over a] month since I received the Visian ICL surgery, and I can not stop raving about the experience and how well I can see without assistance from contacts or glasses. I have worn glasses/contacts for 23 years and the last month has been such a blessing to have freedom from them.”
The Visian lens is implanted during a minimally invasive and virtually painless outpatient surgery. The lens is capable of being folded and inserted through a minute 3 mm incision in the eye, into the area in front of the natural lens and behind the iris. Once in place, the lens will unfold on its own and will not move. Since the incision is so small it does not require sutures following the surgery; it will seal itself. Due to the extremely small size of the incision, recovery time may be as quick as a single day. Caroline Ingle, another satisfied patient, shared her results with us: “I am completely thrilled with my results and have not regretted my decision to go with the Visian Lens. Two hours after the surgery, I could see well enough to drive and in one week I had 20/20 vision. Each day my vision is becoming clearer as well. I cannot wait to find out what my vision might be after one month.”
One of the biggest concerns people seem to have with corrective laser surgery is that it is an irreversible procedure that will permanently change the eye. A huge advantage of Visian ICL is that even though the vision correction is permanent, the lens can be removed or replaced in the unlikely occurrence of negative side effects. In the words of patient S. Steinbrueck, “It’s a good feeling to know that if there was ever a problem, this procedure can be reversed.”
For more information on Visian ICL or to schedule your free consultation, please contact us by visiting www.christenbury.com or call us at (877) 702-2020.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Surveys show patients receiving IQ ReSTOR IOL +3.0 D are happier than ever!
The IQ ReSTOR IOL +3.0 D may have a fan base in the field of ophthalmology, but physicians are not the only ones who are happy with this IOL. Patients are looking at life differently thanks to the IQ ReSTOR IOL +3.0 D and its ability to provide a wide range of vision, spectacle independence, and minimal glare and halos. At the 2009 meeting of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, surgeons highlighted the impact of the IQ ReSTOR IOL +3.0 D on patient satisfaction and described their patients as “happier.”Comparing multifocal IOLs
After having implanted more than 5,000 multifocal IOLs, Jonathan D. Christenbury, MD, understands the value of patient satisfaction. Dr. Christenbury, the medical director of the Christenbury Eye Center in Charlotte, N.C., compared patient satisfaction and visual results among multifocal IOLs. Like his colleagues, he found that patient satisfaction was higher in those who received the IQ ReSTOR IOL +3.0 D, particularly in patients undergoing bilateral implantation of the lens rather than some other combination of lenses.
According to Dr. Christenbury, patients who received the IQ ReSTOR IOL +3.0 D report good vision at all distances: reading vision, intermediate vision and distance vision. After implanting the lens in 121 eyes, he and his colleagues measured uncorrected postoperative binocular vision -- near with a 40-cm VectorVision card and intermediate with a 60-cm VectorVision card. “Patients tell me they can read 8 inches to 10 inches -- which is a little closer than most reading distance -- comfortably. Then they can move that out to 28 inches to 30 inches so [they] can see their computer, and they have full range of vision in between those distances,” he said. Dr. Christenbury named the IQ ReSTOR IOL +3.0 D as his lens of choice because patients who received the IOL had fewer complaints, good night vision, and rapid neuroadaptation. “In my experience, [the IQ ReSTOR IOL +3.0 D] provides the highest spectacle independence,” he said. “It provides the most functional range of vision, and it has truly the best intermediate vision of any multifocal I’ve implanted, and I’ve implanted them all.” -Jonathan D. Christenbury, M.D.
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