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To: Patrick Slevin who wrote (3876)	12/30/1999 1:52:00 PM
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truly amazing surgery, in and out in 3 hours..not even any stitches,,a few different eye drops as aftercare and that was about it($5000)..Any driller info would be great.tough day in the patch<g>(I think tax loss selling should be about over-I hope)..DD "New lens improves cataract surgery News Archive: January 27, 1999 by Margaret Radford Dr. Norad inserts a replacement lens in a small incision in Helen Magee's right eye. LA JOLLA -- A new kind of replacement lens is giving cataract patients the promise of nearly perfect vision again. If you live long enough, you will get cataracts. Over time, the lens of the eye becomes clouded, causing blurred vision. It's part of the natural aging process, but not one you have to live with it. For years now, eye surgeons have been successfully restoring vision with cataract surgery. But a new replacement lens, one that is more like the one you are born with, is making the surgery even more effective. Helen Magee, an active 76-year-old woman, is at Scripps Memorial Hospital to undergo the lens replacement surgery. "It's been blurry, and a lot of times in order to pick up and read the paper, I have to get a magnifying glass to help me," she said. Magee didn't want her cataracts to slow her down. Dr. Lee Nordan agreed to repair her right eye. He will do the other one in about ten days. Dr. Nordan makes a small incision in each eye. "And we take this lens, and we fold it and put it through this eighth of an inch incision that's so small that there are no stitches," Dr. Nordan explained. The surgery takes only 10 to 12 minutes. But it's the replacement lens itself that's so amazing . The traditional cataract lens corrects distance vision, but you need reading glasses to see close up. The new array multifocal lens acts more like the eye of your youth. "The lens is in position relative to the eye so it's just like when you were younger. Wherever you look is what you see. So there's no looking down as with bifocals," Dr. Nordan said. "If you look to read, you see it. If you look far away, you see it." There is a small risk of infection and bleeding in the eyes, just as with traditional cataract surgery. But those were risks Helen was prepared to take. "I'm looking forward to being able to see without glasses or without the magnifying glass," she explained. Helen will wear a patch for the first 24-hours, but she should see a significant improvement in her eyesight within a day and realize the full benefit in about four days. The difference in the cost of the standard lens and the new one is only about $50 to $100. And the procedure is covered by insurance. " nbcin.nbc739.com