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WABC TV Good Morning America March 30, 2000 Barrie Soloway, M.D., F.A.C.S., Surgical Director of Vista Alliance Eye Care Associates and Co-Director of the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary's Vision Correction Center was featured on the March 30, 2000 airing of Good Morning America. In this news piece, reporter Michael Guillen profiled Dr. Soloway and the advances made in a new surgery to reverse the effects of presbyopia. The previous day Dr. Soloway had performed the first Surgical Reversal of Presbyopia procedure in the United States. This new procedure is exceptionally exciting because until now there has been no way to treat this problem. Laser surgery had been able to treat nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism, but presbyopia was always a condition that puzzled doctors. "There has never been any other way to treat presbyopia. This is the first method, probably because we didn't have a good idea why people became presbyopic," Dr. Soloway explained to Michael Guillen. The latest theory is that the lens in the eye continues to grow as we get older. Eventually it crowds out the muscles in the eye that are used to flex the lens, and the ability to focus is diminished. During this surgery the doctor places four plastic inserts in the sclera (white part of the eye) which creates a larger space for the muscles to properly function. Aubrey Herry, a patient who underwent this procedure over a year ago in Mexico stated, "Its hard to believe you can switch in an hours' time. It's a whole new world." Just minutes after Dr. Soloway performed the surgery on his patient Mary Erra, she was shown sitting up in her hospital bed reading the fine print in the telephone book. The quickness and painlessness of the surgery even surprised Ms. Erra who could only exclaim, "Oh, this is wonderful!". If you have any questions about the Surgical Reversal of Presbyopia please call Vista Alliance at 1 888 NY LASIK
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If you don't want to be dependent on glasses or contact lenses call Vista Alliance Eye Care Associates, The New York LASIK doctors toll free at 1-888-NYLASIK (1-888-695-2745) for more information on any of our Vision Correction procedures (LASIK, INtacs, ICL or SRP), to schedule a personal evaluation to help you determine the right prodecure for you, or to register for one of our classes or seminars |
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