Refractive Surgery Blog

Happy New Year from the Cherry Creek Eye Physicians and Surgeons! Since 1982 when I entered into private practice, I have been commited to providing the very best options for treating our patients. That commitment began with the development of the Cherry Creek Eye Center in 1985 and has continued without interruption until today. The Cherry Creek Eye Center is now the most frequented eye only facility in East Denver and continues to grow in both numbers of patients and in the quality of care offered. We are trying to provide not just the community standard of care but rather the state-of-the-art.

An example of this commitment to excellence is the recent purchase of the IOLMaster, version 5 software. The IOLMaster is an optical device used to make multiple, critical measurements of the eye that can then be used to calculate the intraocular lens (IOL) power used when replacing the crystalline lens of the eye (cataract or clear lens replacement surgery). This instrument uses non-contact, optical methods to measure the length of the eye, the depth of the front chamber of the eye and the curvature of the cornea. The IOLMaster is accurate to +/- 0.02 mm or better giving an increase in accuracy of five fold over traditional measurement methods. While we have had the IOLMaster for years, the new software enhances both the accuracy and reproducibilty of measurements by analyzing them individually and as a series. And, with the new software, the IOLMaster can be used on an expanded population of patients who could not enjoy it's benifits in the past. The data obtained with this instrument takes us to the next level of precision in cataract and clear lens replacement surgery.

With the increasing technology of the newest replacement lenses available such as the multifocal IOLs (ReZoom and ReStor), precision measurements are more important than ever. Good vision is no longer good enough after cataract surgery - great vision is our interest and goal.

At the Cherry Creek Eye Center, we are invested in your visual results.

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