At present, myopia is already reaching epidemic proportions worldwide, with 1.6 billion people already affected, and it is estimated that by 2050, half of the world's population will have this defect," says Professor A. Grzybowski, MD, winner of the American Academy of Ophthalmology's Lifetime Achievement Award.
"So that the patient recognises his grandchildren" - interview with Prof Robert Rejdak, head of the Department of General Ophthalmology at the Medical University of Lublin, on the effects of implanting the Scharioth lens in patients with AMD, which he is pioneering in Poland
Professor states that: "The patient can read smaller print after the operation than before the operation. Vision improves enough to recognise a face".