EyeWorld Asia-Pacific September 2016 Issue

EWAP SECONDARY FEATURE 43 September 2016 reading small print, and reading under poorly lit conditions. The key, he said, is to underpromise and overdeliver. he said, has the highest patient satisfaction, provides good functional vision, has the safety and track record of femto LASIK, the follow up data and satisfied recommendation of his staff who underwent the procedure, is easily adjustable and reversible, has no permanent visual effects, and with any side effects easily correctable by glasses. Furthermore, he said that the procedure closely simulates the natural condition existing in patients by controlled induction of spherical aberration, provides good contrast sensitivity and stereopsis, will not affect his surgery if he simply adjusts the microscope ocular for his nondominant eye, and can be maintained even after cataract surgery later in life. Immediately after surgery, Dr. Ganesh said he was able to read the fine print on a bottle of eye drops and has since been able to continue his high volume practice without a hitch. But the ultimate test came later—when he was able to drive his M6 at 250 kph down the Autobahn. EWAP Editors’ note: Drs. Cionni, Nuijts, and Solomon have financial interests with Alcon (Fort Worth, Texas). Drs. Findl and Ganesh consult for Carl Zeiss Meditec. Dr. Tchah has no relevant financial interests. Contact information Cionni: +1-801-266-2283 Ganesh: chairman@nethradhama.org Nuijts: rudy.nuijts@mumc.nl Solomon: kerry.solomon@carolinaeyecare.com Tchah : hwtchah@amc.seoul.kr But who needs a lens? On the other hand, “Who needs a lens?” asked Sri Ganesh, MD , Bangalore, India, sharing his personal experience opting for laser blended vision (PRESBYOND, Carl Zeiss Meditec). Dr. Ganesh started having difficulty reading small print by 45 years of age; presbyopia started affecting his intermediate vision by 47 years, making him dependent on glasses—cramping his style, he said, leaving him unable to wear his collection of cool shades. Still, he said, it was for functional rather than cosmetic reasons that he started looking for a solution to his presbyopia. After all, “I still looked good with my glasses,” he said. More seriously, he said that patients would hesitate, not wanting to go through cataract surgery seeing a doctor wearing glasses. Dr. Ganesh tried multifocal contact lenses but was unhappy with the “very poor” quality of vision. Ultimately, he settled on PRESBYOND—a laser correction procedure that he said improves on the challenges and drawbacks of monovision. The procedure, MORIA S.A. 15, rue Georges Besse 92160 Antony FRANCE Phone: +33 (0) 1 46 74 46 74 - Fax: +33 (0) 1 46 74 46 70 moria@moria-int.com - www.moria-surgical.com THE MORIA OPTION FOR SBK Make your own comparisons between the One Use- Plus and a femtosecond laser in terms of capital investment, disposables per patient, and annual maintenance. www.moria-surgical.com Think Thin Thin, 100-micron, planar flaps Accuracy and predictability equivalent to Femto-SBK Smoother stromal bed No femto-complications … At a fraction of the cost Watch me in action