Refractive Cataract Surgery in Burnsville, MN
The goal of offering our Refractive Surgery options is to give you the choice in having surgery performed using the latest, most advanced surgical techniques and technology available.
RxSight® Light Adjustable Lens™
Introducing the Newest Addition to the Premium Lens Options at Claris.
Advanced refractive cataract surgery provides you the best opportunity to see without glasses for the majority of your day. Advanced refractive surgery options are NOT covered by your insurance.
Astigmatism management is an exciting area of cataract surgery. Astigmatism is a common condition where your eye is out-of-round, shaped more like a football than a basketball. Your vision is potentially affected by two types of astigmatism — corneal and lenticular — and we can correct both using advanced surgery options.
For those patients who only have minor corneal astigmatism, a femtosecond laser can be used to deliver precise relaxing incisions in the cornea to reduce small amounts of astigmatism allowing for better unaided distance vision after surgery.
Patients with more significant levels of astigmatism will benefit from the AcrySof® Toric lens implant. This lens incorporates unique optics to compensate for specific deficiencies in your vision and can provide great distance vision.
The RxSight™ Light Adjustable Lens is the first and only intraocular lens (IOL) that can be customized after cataract surgery. The Light Adjustable Lens is made of a special photosensitive material that can be adjusted in response to ultraviolet (UV) light. This optimization is done by your eye doctor in the weeks following lens implantation through a series of non-invasive light treatments that take only a few minutes each. You will have the unique ability to adjust and preview your vision until it meets your personal desires and lifestyle requirements. The Light Adjustable Lens delivers superior vision outcomes that non-adjustable IOLs cannot match.
Previous lens replacement technologies provided only one focal point — distance — leaving people dependent upon reading glasses or bifocals after cataract surgery. Recent advances in trifocal technology now make it possible for you to read the words on prescription bottles, magazines, newspapers and computer screens, without magnifying glasses or bifocals, while still clearly seeing objects at a distance. These lenses use very small, concentric circles working together to focus light for both near and distance vision. The trade-off is slightly more halos around lights at night, and a slight compromise to distance vision in low light, so discussion with Dr. Carlson about the best lens choice for you is important. With advanced lens implants — PanOptix® and PanOptix® Toric — the vision we can help you maintain as you age is better than ever before in the history of ophthalmology.
The AcrySof™ IQ Vivity™ extended depth of focus (EDOF) intraocular lens implant is designed to deliver distance vision very much like a monofocal lens implant but with the added benefit of good intermediate (at arm’s length) and functional near vision (up close). These lenses offer an improved range of vision with minimal complaints of halo, glare or compromised distance vision in low light after surgery compared to a trifocal lens implant. The IQ Vivity™ lens is also available in a Toric version which means it can correct corneal astigmatism too. During your cataract consultation, Dr. Carlson will carefully assess and discuss what lens implant option best suits your individual eyes and visual goals.