Lens Replacement Surgery Lifts The Cloud For Many Cataract Patients

Jane Crouse wore glasses or contacts for nearly 50 years.

But now, without them, she can see better than ever.

Crouse, of rural Lafayette, had cataract surgery in October. The clouded natural lenses in her eyes were removed surgically. But instead of having traditional plastic lenses implanted, she consulted with Arnett Clinic ophthalmologist Dr. Shamik Bafna and decided to try something new.

"It's been wonderful. I'm amazed," she says. "I can see really well close-up, and I can drive at night."

"Why not be free of glasses and contacts?" she says. "You go to bed, and see well when you wake up. My eyes don't get tired now, as they did with contacts."

Crouse's experience is not unusual. Clinical trials done by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) show that 80 percent of cataract patients who chose AcrylSof ReSTORE lenses never wear reading glasses or bifocals now. Another 17 percent wear glasses only occasionally.

"So 97 percent are, for the most part, spectacle free," Bafna says.

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