Surgery for reading glasses

Pennsylvania's Times Leader reported that with the insertion of the Tecnis multifocal lens, patients with presbyopia, a visual condition that becomes apparent especially in middle age and in which loss of elasticity of the lens of the eye causes defective accommodation and inability to focus sharply for near vision, will regain the ability to see more clearly and not need to rely on reading glasses or bifocals again. Notably, 88 percent of those who received the Tecnis in both eyes reported never wearing glasses four to six months after surgery, and more than 90 percent never needed glasses for distance activities, such as driving, or near activities, such as reading, according to Frank Bucci, MD, who was one of 12 surgeons in the US to use the lens in trial cases with the Food and Drug Administration. The cost of the surgery is about $4,400.