What is a lens? The lens of the eye is a lens that is located inside the eyeball. Its task is to refract light rays and focus the image on the retina.. If the rays hit the retina, then vision becomes blurred..

When to change the lens? It often happens that vision has fallen, you want to see well, but there is no opportunity to do laser correction. There can be many reasons:.

age. Laser vision correction is indicated for people under 45 years old.;

high degree of myopia. More than 15 diopters;

high degree of farsightedness. More than 5 diopters;

astigmatism. More than 7 diopters;

age-related farsightedness;

cataract.

How the lens is changed? Everything is much easier than you might think! At the beginning, you need to undergo a comprehensive vision diagnostics in order to correctly diagnose the disease and choose the lens that is right for you.. The operation itself takes place quite quickly, within 15-20 minutes, and without a big load on the body, it is performed under local drip anesthesia.

Operation progress:.

The patient's eyelids are fixed with a special instrument - a blepharostat..

The surgeon makes small incisions up to two millimeters wide.

A special microsurgical device - a phacomachine - uses ultrasound to turn the lens into an emulsion.

The resulting lens masses are removed.

The doctor inserts an intraocular lens into the eyeball.

After the operation, the patient stays in the clinic for one to two hours under the supervision of specialists, and then can return home..

Intraocular lens is put on for life. If there are no diseases of the visual system, then the effect of the operation will be permanent..

Do not deprive yourself of the opportunity to see every detail of the world around you!

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