Patient Testimonials
"Hi. My name is Lori McGee and I have had both my eyes decataracted. My experience has been wonderful. From the very first day I came into the office, and it has been about a year, the staff has been very nice. Helping in any way that they can. Whether it was in the office itself or in the operating room or in the pre-operating room or the post operating area, it all has been very nice. Dr. Richardson and his office have been very professional. Answering any question however small it might seem and I have been very pleased with the results. I would recommend him to anyone who needed their cataracts fixed. I am a nurse of some 30 years, and I know how it is to be a patient now, as it was to be a nurse. So I know how it is from both sides, and it has been wonderful. I would not have it any other way. I would not go to another doctor for my eyes. Everybody in the office has such a good humor. It's been absolutely wonderful. They laugh. They pay attention to you. They cooperate, and they bend over backwards to help you in anything that you need." - Lori McGee |
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Eye Anatomy: How We See
• The human eye consists of a series of lenses that refract (bend) light rays to focus light images on the retina. These images are then transferred via the optic nerve to the brain where we “see” them.
• The two primary focusing lenses of the eye are the cornea (outside lens of the eye) and the natural crystalline lens (inside lens of the eye).
Cataracts
• A cataract occurs, usually gradually, as the natural lens of the eye becomes clouded or discolored.
• This clouding of the natural lens of the eye causes light entering the eye to scatter prior to reaching the retina. This causes hazy or blurred vision (See image at right).
• If left untreated, cataracts can cause blindness.
• The only treatment for cataracts is removal of the clouded natural lens of the eye and replacing the natural lens with an artificial intraocular lens implant (IOL).
• According to the Eye Surgery Education Council, “About 60 percent of those older than 60 years and 70 percent of those older than 75 years have cataracts.”
• As the Eye Disease Prevalence Research Group reported in Archives of Ophthalmology, an estimated 20.5 million Americans older than age 40 have a cataract in either eye and the total number of persons who have a cataract is estimated to rise to 30.1 million by 2020.2
•Approximately 2.7 million cataract surgery procedures are performed in the United States – 14 million worldwide3 – each year to restore vision loss due to cataracts making it, according to the Eye Surgery Education Council, the most commonly performed surgical procedure.
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