Influence of Ocular Rigidity and Ocular Biomechanics on the Pathogenesis of Age-Related Presbyopia
This chapter discusses ocular rigidity and ocular biomechanical dysfunction as they relate to the age-related pathogenesis of presbyopia. The major factors associated with presbyopia as they relate to ocular rigidity and ocular biomechanical dysfunction are highlighted. Furthermore, specific reference is made to modifying the biomechanical properties and structural stiffness of the scleral outer coat utilizing laser scleral therapies. Recent literature has illuminated that the loss of accommodative ability in presbyopes has many contributing lenticular, as well as extralenticular and physiological factors which are affected by increasing age.
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Treatment landscape for presbyopia evolving toward noninvasive options
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read morePathogenesis of Presbyopia: A New Understanding of an Age-Old Disease
FOR MOST OF HISTORY, PRESBYOPIA has been defined as a “normal” refractive error caused by age, with discussion limited to the loss of near vision beginning in our 40s. Because we have had no effective therapeutic interventions available, presbyopia has been accepted as a natural part of life and treated primarily by changing power at either …
read moreMicroporation may address aging in eye
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