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Recovery after cataract surgery
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Recovery after cataract surgery

The time to recover after cataract surgery can go from days to weeks. You will have to use eye drops to help the eye heal, your doctor will prescribe the drops and indicate how often and for how long (usually 4 weeks) You will have to wear an eye shield at night for the first week only. Avoid rubbing your…
María Romero
June 15, 2022
Refractive lens exchange
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Refractive lens exchange

Refractive lens exchange, also called clear lens exchange, is an alternative for patients with moderate and severe farsightedness that want to be independent of glasses and are not a good candidate for corneal refractive surgery like Lasik, PRK or Smile procedure. The natural lens is permanently replaced with an artificial lens (IOL) during a surgical procedure. Multiple refractive errors can be corrected…
María Romero
May 31, 2022
Wine Drinkers and Cataracts
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Wine Drinkers and Cataracts

A new study published in Ophthalmology by NIHR Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology shows that moderate wine drinkers are less likely to require cataract surgery. The study enrolled 490,000 participants in the UK and assessed their alcohol consumption and other known health habits that affects cataract development and found that low…
María Romero
May 10, 2022
Home monitoring devices for glaucoma
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Home monitoring devices for glaucoma

Glaucoma is a silent disease, if left untreated, it causes progressive loss of peripheral vision until the central vision is also compromised. The vision loss is caused by irreversible damage of the optic nerve which transmits visual information from the eye to the occipital cortex in the brain. The treatment is mostly aimed to lower the intraocular pressure, which is…
María Romero
March 15, 2022
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Cataract surgery reduced the risk of Alzheimer’s

A recent research study published by JAMA Internal Medicine showed that the overall risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease was 29% lower in patients that had cataract surgery compared to those who did not. A cataract is the cloudiness of the natural lens in the eye that happens with age. Like growing gray hair, it happens to everyone that is lucky…
María Romero
March 1, 2022
Vuity
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Vuity

Age related near-sightedness (presbyopia) is a bothersome loss of the ability to focus on near objects that usually starts in the mid 40’s and slowly progresses until the mid-sixties. It happens to everyone, even to those people with perfect 20/20 vision. It is due to a complex mechanism related to the natural aging of the eye, during which the natural…
María Romero
February 12, 2022
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OptiLight by Lumenis

Dry eye disease is a widespread and common issue for up to 49 million Americans. This chronic condition can have a significant impact on your quality of life, causing a foreign body sensation in your eyes, pain, blurry vision, and dry or watery eyes. Untreated, it can even lead to further eye health complications.  Despite these constant detrimental effects on…
María Romero
February 3, 2022
Minimally invasive glaucoma surgery - I Stent Inject
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Minimally invasive glaucoma surgery – I Stent Inject

Dr Romero has a vast experience with iStent (Glaukos Corp), one of the first devices approved in the US for the surgical treatment of mild to moderate glaucoma in combination with cataract surgery. This surgical treatment falls into the category of minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS). The iStent is a heparin-coated titanium stent that creates one (iStent) or two (iStent…
María Romero
January 19, 2022
MIGS
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5 things to know about MIGS

Traditionally glaucoma surgery was indicated in patients that had advanced staged disease meaning that a large percentage of the cells of the optic nerve were damaged irreversibly, causing loss of vision and visual field defects (tunnel vision) due to a lack of response to medical treatments with eye drops or laser therapy, which can decrease the intraocular pressure (IOP).  Another…
María Romero
January 17, 2022
Genetic Testing
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Genetic Testing

Did you know that some eye diseases have a genetic origin? A genetic testing has several benefits. Slide the image to know them, and don’t forget to share this information with whoever may need it. At #PrecisionEyeCare, we perform gene therapy and genetic diagnosis for retina and cornea diseases, as well as genetic assessment for glaucoma. It may confirm a…
María Romero
December 22, 2021
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