Conference paper

Causes and Correction of Presbyopia: A Review

Christoph Ortner
Ognjen Marković

Abstract

Presbyopia is the progressive inability of the eye's lens to change shape and focus clearly on near objects. This review gives a comprehensive overview of the symptoms, influencing factors in the progression of presbyopia, age-related changes of the eye, optical correction and surgical approaches to presbyopia. The age-related changes of the lens, the capsule, the ciliary muscle and the vitreous are well examined; however, a distinction whether those changes are a cause or a consequence of presbyopia cannot be made.
The optical correction of presbyopia reaches from monovision, bifocals and trifocals to progressive lenses and contact lenses. Approaches to surgical techniques for correcting presbyopia include scleral expansion bands, radial sclerotomy, anterior ciliary sclerotomy, polymer injectable lenses, photodisruptive laser and accommodative IOLs. Milestone innovations can only be expected in the surgical field as the optical correction of presbyopia using spectacles and contact lenses has already reached extremely high quality levels and is limited by optical laws.

Keywords

Presbyopia, physiopathology; Presbyopia, therapy; Presbyopia, surgery; Review

Hrčak ID:

14999

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/14999

Publication date:

1.11.2002.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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