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Has anyone had any experience, positive or negative with ReZoom lens?
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Thank you for the responce. It gave me a some new hope. Here are some facts I did not mention. Astigmatism was corrected in the eye the ReZoom lens was put in. The other eye (right eye) is not bad (cataract)enough to require a replacement lens but the DR. feels the ReZoom will start working if he puts a ReStor in the right. I'm a hard head and and pretty much implied to him that I'm not putting another $2500 in his pocket until there's some indication the ReZoom is going to work. I'm 71 and never won anything at gambling and it's stuck in my mind that it's a gamble. I have an appointment in June for a check up and thats where it stands at this time. What is your opinion of having a standard lens for up close vision put in the right eye? Medicare would cover all of this procedure. The ReZoom is working OK for distance. Again "eyecu", thanks for your input. It great to communicate with people like you. Slotman608
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eyecu-
you sure got me there. If the $213M lawsuit sticks, it just might be the saving grace for your employer. Yeah, your company.
I guess we flushed out an AMO person masquerading as a healthcare professional. I thought your responses were a bit too brand-specific and on-message for an unbiased patrician. But when you changed the subject from lens implants to phaco lawsuits, you showed your true company patriotism. Good insight on the product pipeline, too. Are you in sales or marketing, eyecu?
Go get Rezooms implanted, and take eagle eyes with you. Then you can contaminate forums like this. You messed up a great thing about the internet.
For those truly interested in the best chance of spectacle freedom, don't fall for the story of high percentage of "never or occassionally" wear glasses. Hell, before my cataract surgery I was never or occassionally wearing glasses. I have attached the product insert for Rezoom, where the "never" wearing glasses number is 41%. That means 59% of you will still be called 4-eyes, occassionally.
My Restor insert says 80% of the FDA study patients "never" wore glasses again. And that's me.
Let's see 41% chance or 80% chance? No contest.

http://www.amo-inc.com/download/ReZoom.pdf


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I am facing surgery soon and I am also leaning towards Rezoom.

See my post (below).
My question is how are you progressing after the second eye?

Here is my post:

I am 49 with cataracts and need to be able to see best at computer distance for work. I am leaning towards the ReZoom iol to be inserted into my non-dominant right eye first(-6.5 no astigmatism). My left (dominant-8.25 no astigmatism)eye has a cataract but is not necessarily ready for surgery yet.

I am looking for someone who has the ReZoom lense to give me feedback on the overall results including distance, intermediate, close up, night vision, and low light close up reading (as in a menu).

Thanks
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Your vision should do nothing but get better as you adjust. Monovision with ReZoom should give you more depth of focus. Depending on the amount of astigmatism, it can be a factor. But it can easily be corrected with a limbal relaxing incision versus lasik if it a minor amount. Correcting it will further enhance your near vision.
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my doc says that the Rezoom is a Restor wannabe. It works, and if you have a cataract, you'll be impressed with any replacement. My Restor keeps me from having glasses in every room, vehicle, etc. you have a higher chance of needing glasses with rezoom.
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A related discussion, restore vs rezoom was started.
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A related discussion, rezoom lense disaster am i alone here? was started.
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A related discussion, rezoom lenses total disaster for me was started.
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A related discussion, Which is better? was started.
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slotman-It depends on whether or not he hit his target refraction. If he ended up a little plus, than you are right, Based on that information, if he does the second eye and shoots for a little minus based on the information off the first eye, then you are going to be happy. 8 weeks can also be early for some patients to adapt and he could be right as near can take a little longer to come in. Do you need the second eye done as well? If near does not come in, then have a Restor in the second eye for near. Eye surgery today is so fast and painless that many tend to forget they had major surgery on an organ and it takes time to heal from corneal to retinal swelling etc. Once things settle down than things tend to get better. I would also ask about astigmatism as that can be a cause of poor near vision. Ask some more questions and give it some more time. Also, when you have the second eye donw, things can come together for you. Give us some more information.
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At 71, you might still take some time to adapt to near. Sounds like he knows what he is doing. If by June your near does not kick in, than the Restor will take care of it and you should have the best of both worlds.
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Found this forum while searching for ReZoom lens info. I had a ReZoom lens installed 8 weeks ago and am sorry I spent the $2500 over and aove what Medicare will cover for the standerd lens surgery. My DR. insisted ReZoom would be the altimate way to go since I wanted up-close vision without magnifiers. Not so as of today. I still need my glasses for up-clse work. He says one morning I will wake up and VOILA. I say he's full of ****...Comments
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If your Mom's dr recommended ReZoom then he is planning to do cataract surgery most likely in conjunction with glaucoma surgery. You are right though, if she has no motivation to be out of glasses, then a standard IOL should be fine. If she drives at night, you might consider Tecnis. It is a standard IOL that does not cost her anymore out of pocket but increases her contrast for nighttime driving.

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I have read must of the postings and I am a bit confused. I have cataracts in my right eye and I am researching which type of lens to go with. I have read about the Restor and ReZoom, but I haven't seen any comments on the Crystalens. From what I have read so far I am leaning towards the ReZoom lens, but would like a little more information on the Crystalens before I make this major decision.

Thanks in advance.
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As long as your Mom has glaucoma that can be controlled and she is motivated to be less dependent on glasses she should be good candidate for ReZoom.
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Eagle Eyes.  Thanks for your input, but, my Mom does not have Cateracts.  She is 75 years old.  Does not have a problem wearing glasses.  Tell me again why she should spend $3,000 for IOL implants.  And will it HELP in controlling her glaucoma (the real issue here).
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Greetings.  I have a question about Rezoom (or other IOLs for that matter).  My Mom has been seeing a specialist for what has been diagnosed as mild Glaucoma.  So she has been using eyedrops (xalatan)to manage her IOP.  The specialist is someone that I have not heard too many complementary things about, but so far so good.  Today, my Mom says that her specialist is recommending ReZoom for her.  Um, correct me if I am wrong.  Rezoom is indicated for cataracts patients, is it not?  aren't there other imlants that are designed to deal with IOP?  Not to sound sacastic or untrusting, but now that Rezoom is more or less reimbursed by Medicare (read that somewhere) would the specialist be looking at my Moms as yet another way to bill for a procedure.  Oh, that does sound sarcastic.  Any input would be appreciated.  Thanks.
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I am slated for cataract surgery and am wondering if everyone is suited for lense implant. I do not have any eye disease. i have heard that in some cases patients run into difficulty during surgery with having the implant successfully implanted. How prevelent is this does anyone know? And are some patients only able to have the mono implant done because of astigmatism. OR is it that if you are suited for mono lense your also suited for rezoom lense(progressive lense). Or is there a difference ? I read on one site that if there is a problem during surgery to receive the implant they can use a contact lense over the cornea.Does that mean that when you remove your contact you can see nothing as your natural lense has already been removed?
I am going to see my cataract specialist on this coming tuesday.
its the right eye that is to be done first, in the mean time i have a retinal surgeon doing a vitrectomy to remove severe case of eye floaters in the left eye. All this began with the floaters had a vitrectomy done last may then the cataract set in which they told me would happen. Now after the right eye has been done its the left eye next/ vitrectomy but then it will take some time for cataract to form in left eye. Then another lense implant will be necessary. This is a real long haul but i hope it will turn out real good so i can once again see clearly

I'm wondering if i should have the vitrectomy done on my second eye before having the lense implant done on my right eye. my concern is whether the implant will turn out successfull. Or should i wait to see how the implant goes  and then do the vitrectomy on the left ye to remove those awfull floaters. Other then the floaters driving me nuts i have 20/20 vision on the left eye.
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Philz
It is normal to worry about the halos. Most people that have halos (not all do) describe them as noticeable at first, not really bothersome. After a period of time (from few days, to few weeks, worst case scenario few months) brain learns to suppress/ignore them, so you don't even notice anymore. You are making the right choice. Let us know how you do.
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I think you are making the right choice by listening to your surgeon. My father and unlce have Array and are happy and the ReZoom is even better. Let us know your results.
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Every patient these days gets a lens implant (IOL) - intraocular lens implant). Once the natural crystalline lens (cataract when it is cloudy and affecting vision) is removed, one cannot see unless he has 1. IOL 2. Aphakic contact lens (you take in and out --aphakic means without lens) or 3. Aphakic glasses -very thick coke bottle glasses that only give central/tunnel vision, no side vision. 99.9% if not 100% of all cataract pts today receive IOL.

If you have more than 0.75D or 1.00 Diopter of corneal astigmatism post op, you will not read well with a multifocal (ReZoom / ReSTOR) or accommodative (crystalens) IOL. It is pretty easy for the surgeon to correct the astigmatism with either LRIs (limbal relaxing incisions) a little incision in the cornea to relax the astigmatism )go from football shape to basketball shape) or do LASIK enhancement to accomplish the same thing (flatten the steep axis or go from football to basketball shaped cornea)

As far as having vitrectomy before cataract surgery, ask your surgeon and your retinal specialist which to do first. It is important to note that it is easier for either surgeon to do his part first, however, if you choose a multifocal, centration of the IOL is key and therefore it would most likely be better to have vitrectomy first, so that would not cause the existing IOL to shift if cataract surgery were done first.

Good Luck! LEt us know how you do.
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Thanks for the comments.  I am scheduled to have cataract surgery Feb. 10 and 24 and I have selected a ReZoom IOL based upon my surgeon's strong recommendation.  He has had experience with all of them and says ReZoom is what I should use.  I am a high myope atheletically active senior (tennis, skiing, biking, hiking)who also spends a lot of time at the computer.  Based upon what I have read above, I am making the right decision with ReZoom. However, I am concerned about halos, etc. and night driving issues, as I do drive at night on dark two lane roads sometimes.  I will let you all know what happens after my surgery but if there is anything else I should know first, please let me know.
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To Hud.

I am not flushed out, just been working with patients, happy patients with more ReZoom than ReSTOR lately, and not online. You are incorrect again with your fuzzy math. We still have package inserts of the Array as well as ReZoom in our practice. The package insert for the Array (which is no longer available as most 1st generation products when something better comes along), came out in 1997 did show 41% of patients went without glasses. The ReZoom numbers without glasse are 93% for distance, 93% for intermediate, 82% near. I think you are confusing the ReZoom package insert numbers. Read it. The ReZoom package insert is Array data, so that is where the 41$ is coming from. I stick with my last comments that ReSTOR and ReZoom are both great products, but nothing is perfect. I am thrilled that you are able to enjoy your life with your ReSTOR vision. Yes, I repeat,  9/10 ReZoom recipients do not wear glasses for anything, have better distance vision than our ReSTOR recipients, have better intermediate, computer vision than our ReSTOR patients.
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You make me laugh with all of the rhetoric. This forum is to help patients, not a board for stock tips. But since you are such an Alcon boy, tell us about the innovators such as a recent award to AMO for $213, treble damages. Two patents. The judge says "the jury was presented with clear and convincing evidence that Alcon intentionally copied" and "I agree that this is an exceptional case, that the damages award should be trebled, and that reasonable attorney fees should be awarded". AMO recenlty bougth VISX which is the number one excimer laser lasik surgery company. They provide a full portfolio of intraocular lenses on silicone platforms as well as acrylic which both have their own benefits. They introduced the first foldable lens, the first multifocal and obvioulsy the most innovative phaco tecnology since they are being copied. They have a refractive Multifocal, a diffractive in the works as well as accomdating IOL's. You being one out of five  ReStor patients on this board puts their success rate at about 20%. Good luck. I tend to chose my company based on principles and ethics. You chose yours. I will get back to patient issues. You can stick with investment banking and the future will see who rises to the top. The patients will determine the outcomes. Competiton breeds innovation and that is what keeps things moving forward and provides many patients on this board happiness that they can continue their lives with improved visual outcomes after cataract surgery.
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