What is Verisyse™?
Very precise vision for very nearsighted people who want independence from glasses.
Verisyse™ is recommended for patients who do not qualify for LASIK due to severe nearsightedness, farsightedness, dry eyes or cases where the cornea is too thin for LASIK. With over 18 years of use and 150,000 procedures performed worldwide, results prove that the Verisyse™ design is safe and effective for very nearsighted people who are tired of thick glasses and are not candidates for custom LASIK. The procedure involves placing the Verisyse lens inside your eye to provide high-quality, high definition vision without the need for glasses or contacts.
Is Verisyse™ right for you?
Our doctors will perform a series of tests and discuss options with you to help you decide if you meet the following criteria for having a Verisyse™ procedure:
- Your surgical vision-correction needs fall outside of the commonly accepted range for LASIK.
- You are dissatisfied with the functional and/or cosmetic limitations of glasses and are unable to wear contact lenses.
- Your nearsighted can be corrected with lenses between -5.0 to -20.0 diopters.
- You have 2.5 diopters or less of astigmatism.
- Your eyes are stable and your nearsightedness has not changed more than 0.50 diopters for 6 months prior to surgery.
- You are not currently pregnant or nursing.
How Verisyse™ works
The procedure involves placing the Verisyse™ Phakic IOL behind your cornea and on top of your iris. This gives your eye another focusing lens that provides high-quality, high-definition vision like a normal eye. Although the Verisyse™ Phakic IOL is intended to be permanent, the procedure is reversible if desired.
The word "phakic" means that your natural crystalline lens is left in the eye. This is important because your natural lens plays an important role in helping your eye adjust between seeing objects that are near and far.
About the Verisyse™ procedure
Implanting the Verisyse™ Phakic IOL is an outpatient procedure that takes approximately 15 to 30 minutes. Usually, one eye is treated at a time.
- Drops will be placed in your eyes in order to reduce the pupil size.
- For better access to your eye, your doctor will use an instrument to comfortably hold your eyelids open during the procedure.
- A local anesthetic is given to numb the eye, so the procedure is virtually painless.
- A small incision is made in the cornea for the Verisyse™ Phakic IOL to be placed in the space between the iris and the cornea.
- The Verisyse™ Phakic IOL is centered in front of the pupil (the black part in the center of your eye), and is gently attached to the iris (the colored part of your eye) to hold the lens in place.
- The small incision is closed with microscopic stitches that dissolve over time.
- A temporary shield will be placed over your eye to protect it during the time just after the procedure
Call our office today at 1-800-403-0060 to schedule your Verisyse™ evaluation