Cataracts and Toric Lens Implants for Patients with Astigmatism 

How did it go? thanks.

I meant to say the right eye has the Vivity IOL and I do not feel it like I do the Toric lens in my right eye

Did you have a monofocal iol or a multifocal iol implant? From what I have read the problem is more severe with a multifocal lens. For many patients the symptoms improve over time. Unfortunately for some the improvements will only be slightly better where it will not make much of an impact on the quality of your vision. Give it some time and hopefully it’ll get better. There’s a lot of information on the internet including the public forums where people share their experiences with negative outcomes of the surgery such as yourself. As a last resort the lenses can be replaced, all other things being equal.

How is the corneal topography corrected with a Toric IOL?

I have the same question/situation. Wish I could see a response from the md.

I was just diagnosed with cataract in my right eye only however I have astigmatism in both eyes. My doctor recommended having both eyes done because in my case the astigmatism in both eyes are fairly significant. Having one eye corrected, I would have had to wear a corrective eye glass for one eye (by left) using glasses, even though the right eye would potentially see at almost 20/20 or 20/25 (there are no guarantees). Right now both my eyes are at a -700. My non cataract affected eye, the left has a severe astigmatism. Every case is different but my goal was to try to improve distance only as much as possible but I am ok with reading a reading glasses for up close tasks or reading (intermediate). Hope this helps and good luck!

Good question. I would like to know that myself for making my decision for cataract surgery

Because perhaps they do not have cataracts, so no surgery needed...yet they still have to wear glasses to see until their cataracts form...don't want to have surgery with no cataract !!!

The toric lens is monofocal. This means that the best focus is only optimized at a single distance target. The toric lens can either work for near vision or far vision, but not both. If your goal was to read a book, read your phone and see license plates at a distance, a better choice may have been a multi focal lens such as panoptix. In our office, we always review the pros and cons of every lens choice whether it is a basic lens, a toric lens or an extended depth of field lens. We make sure our patients that choose a basic lens know that they will not have their astigmatism corrected, patients that choose a toric lens know that they are only given one distance target, and patients that choose a multi focal or extended range lens implant have better range of vision. You can always call our office for a second opinion - it may not be too late to do a lens exchange to change your toric lens for another choice, especially if your surgery was recent (within the past 2 to 4 weeks).

This trapezoid vision occurs at close vision. Paper , forms to fill out, phone screens ipads and computer screens

natural astigmatism is the addition of 2 causes ,one affecting the cornea and one other affecting the the lens . if you replace the lens by a non toric artificial one ,like we do for everyone with no astigmatism,than after the operation your astigmatism due to the cornea will remain ….but if your lens is replaced by a toric artificial one than this toric lens will take care of the remaining astigmatism due to your cornea ,otherwise your cornea astigmatism will remain blurring your vision more than before .

For me the toric upgrade is $1795 (Medicare)

Do not worry very simple.

We are a surgical practice. However, you can call our Patient Liaisons during normal operating hours at 760-340-4700 and they can help coordinate the help you need.

Most people don’t develop cataracts until their 60s. This Dr doesn’t look 60 to me.

Do not worry you will adjust. The halos you eventually ignore. You will have super eyes when spotting glistening items.

@@davidandrews8007Thanks for your reply. But what about the material of Alcon IOL lens, some ophthalmologist says it's degenerative fastest than Johnson Tecnis material?

@@solysayeg261 Never heard of material degenerating You need to just get the procedure done. This is a one time chance in you life.

Did you decide which lens you are getting, or have you have it done? Thanks, I was told I need cataract surgery and have not heard about different brands degrading faster than others.

Cataracts don’t form for most people until their 60’s. Dr doesn’t look 60, so probably not a good candidate for cataract surgery 🤷🏻‍♀️

What is your point exactly? He’s young, too young to get cataracts and he prefers to wear glasses over contact lenses and does want want to get LASIK surgery. It’s his own personal decision. The idiotic comments left on these videos simply boggles the mind.

WOW unbelievable how politicized people have made this deadly virus all to appease the trump cult.

@@chrisweber9852 Excellent reply. He’s wearing a mask because he’s a medical doctor who has gone to medical school and who has devoted years and years of his life to the study of medicine and he understands and believes in modern medical science. He understands things like germ and virus transmission. I believe these anti-vaxers and these anti maskers are incapable of understanding modern scientific medicine and are therefore afraid. Everybody is afraid of the unknown and what they don’t understand. These people who are either incapable or who refuse to even try to understand modern medical concepts or are easily duped by quasi-science, out and out lies and conspiracy theories.

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@@chrisweber9852 He is forced to weak these non scientific masks. As far as Mr Trump goes, get use to him being around. This November is the beginning of demolishing this clown and the whole Demorats party.

@@paulhatton9305 Maybe you can visit him in prison. Or maybe you can go to Mar A Largo when he's sitting in his chair with the tray so he won't fall out and you can watch him drool as his Alzheimer's disease progresses. He's an evil sociopath and what does that say about you low mentality morons?