Presbyopia 3: New Treatments with Surgery

Presbyopia is the need for reading glasses that imposes itself on just about everyone sometime after age 40. The desire to be free of glasses (reading glasses, bifocals, progressives) or contacts has led to various surgical remedies. We cover Lasik for presbyopia, corneal inlays, refractive lens exchange, and scleral expansion surgery. Other videos in this series include: Video 1 covers why presbyopia happens. Video 2 covers new eyedrop options. Video 4 is a summary of the three specific subject videos. 0:00 Introduction 03:10 Cornea: Lasik 07:54 Cornea: Inlays 12:28 Cornea: Conductive K-plasty. 13:28 Lens: Lens Exchange with Implant 19:40 Phakic IOL 20:27 Sclera: Ablation 25:05 Sclera: Implant

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• #scleral_surgery_for_presbyopia