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EW NEWS & OPINION 12 November 2015 find another job," Ms. Broach said. "In the meantime, I couldn't find an eye doctor willing to do the surgery without receiving all of the money up front. Being unemployed and without insurance, I couldn't afford that kind of cost." After searching the Internet for help, she turned to Mercy Medicine in Florence, which referred her to Operation Sight. "Within 2–3 weeks of submit- ting my paperwork, I received a phone call with dates and times for the preop appointment and surgery date, which were only a couple of weeks following the completion of the forms," Ms. Broach said. Ms. Broach's cataract surgery was done by Paul Herring, MD, in Charleston, S.C. Dr. Herring's practice, Physicians' Eye Surgery Center, is a founding member of the Operation Sight network. The ASCRS Foundation's national program was modeled on their successful effort (also named Operation Sight), which has been providing charitable cataract surgery to people in South Carolina for several years. The surgery results exceeded her expectations. "Before the cataract surgery, I couldn't read without a magnifying glass and a 3.0 magni- fication reader," Ms. Broach said. "I even had to quit driving at night because I couldn't see the lines on the road. Now I can read without any readers or magnifying glasses. "It's amazing how you can take your sight for granted until you begin to lose it," she said. "I hadn't realized that I was unable to see the details in leaves and grass until after the surgery. But I was so appalled at the dirt in my house I hadn't seen when cleaning prior to the proce- dure!" Ms. Broach is grateful to every- one who helped restore her sight. "I cannot say enough good things about Operation Sight and all of the people who are associated with this organization. I was treated with the most respect and kindness, and ev- eryone went out of their way to an- swer questions and help me through the process. It was a wonderful experience, and I'll never be able to thank them enough for giving me my sight back." EW Contact information Elliott: aelliott@ascrs.org THE PRESBYOPIA SOLUTION THEY'VE BEEN WAITING FOR. The KAMRA inlay provides a full range of vision and long-term performance, while leaving the natural lens in place. Indications for Use: The KAMRA inlay is indicated for intrastromal corneal implantation to improve near vision by extending the depth of focus in the non-dominant eye of phakic, presbyopic patients between the ages of 45 and 60 years old who have cycloplegic refractive spherical equivalent of +0.50 D to -0.75 D with less than or equal to 0.75 D of refractive cylinder, who do not require glasses or contact lenses for clear distance vision, and who require near correction of +1.00 D to +2.50 D of reading add. KAMRA; the KAMRA logo; Across the page. Across the room. Across the years; and The Presbyopia Solution are trademarks of AcuFocus, Inc. ©2015 AcuFocus, Inc. MKU-157 Rev E Mean near acuity improved about 3 lines to 20/25 at 1 month and was maintained over the 5 year follow-up. The US pivotal clinical study data reported an average gain of about 3 lines of near visual acuity.** *Dexl AK et al. Long-term outcomes after monocular corneal inlay implantation for the surgical compensation of presbyopia. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2015 Mar;41 (3):566-75. **PMA data on file at AcuFocus, Inc. 20/200 20/125 20/80 20/50 20/32 20/20 20/12.5 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 SNELLEN ACUITY MONTH UNCORRECTED NEAR VISUAL ACUITY (INLAY EYE ONLY)* INLAY EYE J2 Across the page. Across the room. Across the years. ® Operation Sight continued from page 11 Send us your favorite app! Have a favorite app that helps you with business or personal activities? Email stacy@eyeworld.org with the app name and how it helped you. Apps selected will be published in Ophthalmology Business.

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