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When patients came
to the office of
Christopher Kuntz,
MD, in Seattle,
Wash., to schedule
their cataract sur-
geries, he was
amazed by how mis-
informed they were
about the life-alter-
ing surgery they
were about to
undergo. That's
when he decided to launch a website to help them make informed
decisions about their care (cataractsurgerydesign.com).
"The website was designed to address the widening discrepancy
between what patients knew about their surgical options and
what I felt they should know," says Dr. Kuntz. "They need to be
actively involved in designing their windows to the world."
Patients shouldn't come in thinking the surgery is as simple as
having a cataract removed without factoring in their refractive
history, predispositions and post-op vision goals, says Dr. Kuntz.
He points out that surgeons can use toric IOLs, presbyopia-cor-
recting lenses, incredibly accurate pre-op vision evaluation tools,
and intraoperative biometry and corneal topography to achieve
very precise refractive results.
Surgeon-Designed Website
Educates Cataract Patients
• WEB SIGHT Christopher Kuntz, MD, launched an online tool to help patients
understand their surgical options.
PRE-OP EDUCATION
