Colorado Conductive Keratoplasty for Presbyopia
Do you hate your reading glasses or bifocals?
Conductive Keratoplasty (NearVision CK) can treat presbyopia, or "aging eyes", and free you from reading glasses or bifocals. It uses gentle radio waves, without lasers or cutting, to re-shape the cornea of your eye, restoring your vision. The procedure takes only three minutes per eye and there's no cutting and no removal of tissue.
CK has become the fastest-growing vision procedure since the introduction of LASIK and is the leading non-laser refractive procedure.
If you wear monovision contacts, NearVision CK is an excellent procedure for you.
Before your CK procedure
To ensure you're a good candidate for CK you'll need a comprehensive eye exam by Denver presbyopia surgeon Dr. Cutarelli or a referring doctor who will:
- Examine your eyes to make sure they're healthy.
- Perform a loose lens test.
- Map the topography of your eyes and measure corneal thickness.
- Ask you to sign an informed consent form after a thorough discussion of the risks, benefits, alternative options and possible complications.
To make sure you qualify for CK, Dr. Cutarelli will use state-of-the art diagnostic technology to map the curvature of your cornea and evaluate your potential for a good outcome.
During your CK procedure
CK is performed using the first FDA-approved technology for patients with presbyopia, the loss of near vision that affects everyone sometime after age 40.
CK takes only a few minutes and is performed in our Denver, Colorado office by Denver presbyopia surgeon Paul E. Cutarelli, MD. Eye drops will be used to numb your eye, then Dr. Cutarelli will use a small probe – thinner than a strand of human hair – to apply radio waves in a circular pattern, shrinking small areas of collagen to increase the curvature of your cornea and restore your near vision.
After your CK procedure
After your procedure, antibiotic drops will be put in your eyes. Some people experience minimal discomfort or scratchiness after their procedure. This usually clears up within a day or so. You'll need to use antibiotic drops and may need to use artificial tears for up to a week. You may experience light sensitivity for a few days.
You'll notice an immediate improvement in your reading vision, which will continue to improve over the next few weeks. You'll no longer have blurred vision when viewing objects close up.
Risks and possible complications:
CK boasts perhaps the highest safety profiles among refractive procedures. It is a low risk, minimally invasive procedure. There is no cutting and no removal of tissue. However, CK equipment can produce interference that may adversely influence the operation of pacemakers and is not recommended for these patients.
Denver LASIK Surgeon Paul E. Cutarelli, M.D. has improved the vision of more than 50,000 patients in the Denver and Colorado Springs areas.
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