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BOCHNER EYE INSTITUTE
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The AcrySof® IQ ReSTOR® lens, designed to give you a full
range of vision, could help you see everything more clearly,
from the type on this page to faraway landscapes. It’s sight
changing and life changing.
Ask your ophthalmologist if the AcrySof® IQ ReSTOR® lens
is right for you.
CAUTION:
Restricted by law to sale by or on the order of a physician.
DESCRIPTION:
AcrySof® IQ Toric Intraocular lenses(IOLs) are artificial lenses implanted in the eye of adult patients following cataract surgery. These lenses are designed to
allow for clear distance, intermediate, and near vision with the potential to be more independent of the need to use glasses for daily tasks.
WARNINGS/PRECAUTIONS:
You may experience and need to contact your eye doctor immediately if you have any of the following symptoms while using the antibiotic eye drops prescribed
by your doctor: itching, redness, watering of your eye, sensitivity to light. The safety and effectiveness of the AcrySof® IQ ReSTOR® IOL has not been established
in patients with eye conditions, such as an increase in eye pressure (glaucoma) or complications of diabetes in the eye (diabetic retinopathy). As with any surgical
procedure, there are risks involved. These risks may include but are not limited to infection, damage to the lining of the cornea, the retinal layer which lines the
inside back wall of your eye may become separated from the tissue next to it (retinal detachment), inflammation or swelling inside or outside the eye, damage to
the iris (the colored diaphragm around the pupil), an increase in eye pressure that cannot be controlled by medicine and secondary surgical procedure. With this
IOL, there may be a loss of sharpness of your vision that may become worse in dim light or in foggy conditions. There is also a possibility that you may have some
visual effects such as rings or circles around lights at night. You may also have trouble seeing street signs due to bright lights or glare from oncoming headlights.
ATTENTION: As with any surgical procedure, there are risks involved. Prior to surgery, ask your eye doctor to provide you with an AcrySof® IQ ReSTOR® IOL
Patient Information Brochure, which will inform you of the risks and benefits associated with this IOL. Discuss any questions about possible risks and benefits
with your eye doctor.
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Good-bye
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farewell
astigmatism
Lift the fog and clear the blur
with one revolutionary lens.
Astigmatism doesn’t have the “you may always need
glasses” stigma it used to for cataract patients. Now you
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lens and one simple procedure.
It’s what you hope for in a cataract solution & more.
Ask your ophthalmologist if the AcrySof® IQ Toric IOL
is right for you.
CAUTION:
Restricted by law to sale by or on the order of a physician.
DESCRIPTION:
AcrySof® IQ Toric Intraocular lenses(IOLs) are artificial lenses implanted in the eye of adult patients following cataract surgery. These lenses are designed to
correct pre-existing corneal astigmatism, which is the inability of the eye to focus clearly at any distance because of difference curvatures on the cornea, and
provide distance vision.
WARNINGS/PRECAUTIONS:
You may experience and need to contact your eye doctor immediately if you have any of the following symptoms while using the antibiotic eye drops prescribed
by your doctor: itching, redness, watering of your eye, sensitivity to light. The safety and effectiveness of the AcrySof® IQ Toric IOL has not been established in
patients with eye conditions, such as an increase in eye pressure (glaucoma) or complications of diabetes in the eye (diabetic retinopathy). As with any surgical
procedure, there are risks involved. These risks may include but are not limited to infection, damage to the lining of the cornea, the retinal layer which lines the
inside back wall of your eye may become separated from the tissue next to it (retinal detachment), inflammation or swelling inside or outside the eye, damage
to the iris (the colored diaphragm around the pupil), an increase in eye pressure that cannot be controlled by medicine and secondary surgical procedure.
A toric IOL corrects astigmatism only when it is placed in the correct position in the eye. There is a possibility that the toric IOL could be placed incorrectly
or could move within the eye. This may result in less improvement or a reduction in vision because your astigmatism has not been fully corrected, or it may
cause visual symptoms.
ATTENTION: As with any surgical procedure, there are risks involved. Prior to surgery, ask your eye doctor to provide you with an AcrySof® IQ Toric Patient
Information Brochure, which will inform you of the risks and benefits associated with this IOL. Discuss any questions about possible risks and benefits with
your eye doctor.
Two solutions in one lens.
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HEALTHCARE » Bochner Eye Institute
Founded by Dr. Maxwell Bochner in
1929, The Bochner Institute originally
operated as a referral centre for
complex eye disorders and diseases.
Specializing in ophthalmologic surgery,
The Bochner Institute is today led by
his grandson Dr. Raymond Stein, his
son-in-law Dr. Harold Stein, Dr. Albert
Cheskes, and Dr. Jordan Cheskes.
Well-recognized as an industry pioneer,
in 1991, The Bochner Institute became
one of the first Canadian practices to
conduct laser vision correction, now a
major focus of the private institution.
recently, the institute acquired the Catalys femtosecond laser, the first centre in Canada to do so,
which allows it to perform cataract surgery with
enhanced precision and results.
“This is considered by most ophthalmologists around the world to be the most significant
advance in cataract surgery in the last 50 years,”
Dr. Raymond Stein told The Canadian Business
Journal. “Traditional cataract surgery involves the
surgeon doing everything by hand, whereas this
laser can image the eye in exquisite detail. It is
more accurate than an MRI. As an example, there
is one step of the cataract operation in which the
surgeon makes the circular opening in the front
of the cataract called the capsulotomy. Surgeons
GIVEN HIS SPECIFIC training in ophthalmology,
typically try to aim for a five millimetre cut, but
in the early days Dr. Bochner and The Bochner
no matter how talented the surgeon, he or she
Institute attracted patients from across Canada
can’t make a perfect circle every time, but the
as well as those travelling north from the United
laser can. In addition, the laser can fragment the
States, not to mention the hundreds of fellow eye
cataract into tiny pieces which makes it easier
surgeons who have visited The Bochner Institute
and safer to remove.”
for live training or their own eye procedure.
The Bochner Institute has developed a strong
reputation in ophthalmologic advancement. In
Procedures
addition to its various surgical procedures, The
Bochner Institute has significant experience in
The Bochner Institute was the first Canadian centre
managing other ophthalmic conditions. Each of
to offer a number of emerging ophthalmic ser-
its surgeons has an extensive medical educa-
vices, including corneal crosslinking, a European
tional background, with each having trained at the
developed technique which strengthens the
University of Toronto and the highly regarded Mayo
corneas for patients living with a condition known
Clinic. Each has also participated in charitable, vol-
as keratoconus. The institute has been success-
untary medical missions in underdeveloped nations
ful with this treatment, which is not available in
around the world, such as Kenya, Ghana, and
the United States and as a result has drawn many
Nicaragua, providing both technological equip-
American patients to The Bochner Institute. More
ment and hands-on ophthalmologic training.
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Dr. Raymond Stein
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Raymond Stein, Albert Cheskes, and Harold Stein
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In addition to its surgical practice, the group
“Dr. Trokel took the technology that was used
of physicians has co-authored a range of oph-
by IBM for etching microchips and developed it
thalmic textbooks that are tailored toward eye
for the eye,” Dr. Harold Stein explained. “We have
care practitioners across the medical community.
trained doctors from all over the world to learn
The physicians are also heavily involved in the
some of the techniques, especially in our early
educational field, with each holding academic
days. We have also treated thousands of patients,
professorships at the University of Toronto.
including 300 eye doctors that have come to have
their own surgery done.”
LASIK technology involves sophisticated
Laser Vision Correction
equipment that has become more medically
Considered as pioneers in the LASIK arena, The
and technologically advanced in recent years,
Bochner Institute was one of the first centres in
where the safety of laser vision correction is now
Canada to offer laser vision correction, with all of
enhanced further. Accordingly, The Bochner
its ophthalmologists trained under the watchful
Institute has continued to invest in the most
eye of Dr. Steven Trokel, a New York-based doctor
advanced, leading-technology diagnostic and ther-
who originally conceptualized LASIK technology.
apeutic medical resources. Notably, the technology
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Maxwell Bochner
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makes a big difference and The Bochner Institute
extra cost. Patient satisfaction is extremely high
has consistently made an effort to invest in the
with the laser technique, but then it is a question
best technology.
of how the healthcare system funds the increasing
Looking toward the future, with an aging baby
costs of improved technology.”
boomer population making up the majority of the
The Bochner Institute has the vision and
provincial demographic, it has created an increas-
expertise to continue offering the greatest talent,
ing demand on the healthcare system for services
technology, and ophthalmic care for patients all
such as cataract surgery, laser vision correction,
across Ontario, and the world.
and a growing list of ophthalmic procedures.
“With the percentage of patients that are
getting older, it is increasingly difficult for our
government to fund all the care that is required,”
Dr. Albert Cheskes concluded. “Some technology, such as cataract surgery, is becoming more
and more expensive. Laser cataract surgery is a
significant advancement but also at a significant
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