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….It’s one of the safest medical procedures, with 98-99% success rate. It’s a 10-15 minute procedure that gives you back your bright, clear, colorful vision. Call it your ‘joie’ de vivre’. Cataract surgery brings the vision and lifestyle back whether it’s golf, crafts, hunting, sports or sewing. Now, with the laser assisted cataract surgery you…
Patients often ask how Age Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD) may affect their vision in the future. To some degree it is normal to see some findings in the retina consistent with ARMD in the population of patients over 60 years old. Small yellow drusen (deposits under the retina made up of lipids, a fatty protein)…
Dry eyes can happen for many reasons. Occasional moderate dryness can be helped by simply applying artificial tears as the need arises. Systane and Refresh Optive are 2 great brands of over the counter eye drops that can help temporarily alleviate dry eye symptoms. More persistent dry eye symptoms can be helped by using drops…
Problematic dry eyes are one of the most common problems reported to eye doctors. Dry eyes can result from either a decrease in the amount of tear production or the quality or composition of the tears produced. According to Dr. James A. Muse, O.D.. of Koby Karp Doctors Eye Institute in Louisville, Kentucky, “Common causes…
This is a good opportunity to emphasize some important points about Diabetes Mellitus and eye health. In our country, diabetes is the leading cause of visual impairment in working-age individuals. Many of you may already know this. Moreover, 60 percent of adults also realize that diabetes may be detectable through a comprehensive eye exam. Among…
Correction for astigmatism – Limbal Relaxing Incisions (LRI) Astigmatism is an irregularity in the shape of the cornea. There are degrees of astigmatism that may cause blurred vision even after the cataract surgery has been performed. Low to moderate astigmatism may be corrected by Limbal Relaxing Incisions (LRI) or a Toric IOL. In LRI, incisions…
Pink eye (conjunctivitis) is an inflammation or infection of conjunctiva – a transparent membrane that covers the white part of your eyeball. When small blood vessels in the conjunctiva become inflamed, they’re more visible. This is what causes the whites of your eyes to appear reddish or pink. This is a very common condition and…
If you’ve thought about having cataract surgery, but you’ve been putting it off, it might help to hear what one of our cataract patients has to say about his experience.Dr. Scott Hoffman, MD, at Koby Karp Doctors Eye Institue, performed Joe’s cataract surgery. Listen to what he has to say about the outcome. Click here….
