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The clouded lens is replaced with an intraocular lens tailored to each patient. It is a short, minimally invasive outpatient procedure that restores sharp vision.
It depends on your age, whether your prescription is stable and the condition of your cornea. Only a full pre-operative assessment can confirm whether you are a candidate and which technique suits you best.
In many cases, yes, with laser or intraocular lenses, and dependence on reading glasses is greatly reduced. The right technique depends on your age, your prescription and the condition of your lens.
In its early stages glaucoma causes no symptoms, so the only way to detect it is an eye examination that measures eye pressure and assesses the optic nerve.
The most common are a sudden onset of floaters, flashes of light or a shadow covering part of your vision. If you notice them, see a specialist as soon as possible.
They are spots or threads that drift across your field of vision and are usually caused by changes in the vitreous. They are almost always harmless, but they should be checked if they appear suddenly or come with flashes of light.
Treatment depends on how it progresses. It can range from glasses or special contact lenses to corneal crosslinking to halt its progression or, in advanced cases, a corneal transplant.
It is a failure of one eye to develop normal vision during childhood. The earlier it is detected, the better the outlook, which is why eye checks in the first years of life are so important.
Yes. Strabismus surgery is also performed in adults to improve eye alignment and, where possible, binocular vision and double vision.
Sudden double vision can be caused by eye alignment problems or by disorders of the nerves and muscles that move the eye. It always requires urgent medical assessment.
It is the drooping of one or both upper eyelids. As well as changing the appearance of the eyes, it can reduce the field of vision, and it can be treated with surgery.
There are surgical options, such as blepharoplasty, and non-surgical options for bags, dark circles and wrinkles. At Miranza they are always recommended from an ophthalmological perspective.