Seeing without any restrictions Thanks to Dr. Stanley Braverman, Delores Carpi’s eyesight is better than ever in her 80s!

Dolores Carpi was told that it was time to have her eyesight improved withCataract surgery. She headed to Dr. Stanley Braverman in HallandaleBeach.

Thanks to new advancements, this is a great time to have cataract sur-gery.

Your eye is like a camera. It has photographic paper (the retina), anda camera lens. Two excellent options exist for cataract surgery. Thechoice is yours. Traditional Cataract Surgery is the removal of yourcloudy natural camera lens, which is usually dissolved using high fre-quency ultrasound through a small (less than 3 millimeter) opening. Ifyour eye qualifies, the second option, Laser Assisted Cataract Surgerycan now be done using state of the art Femtosecond Laser technologyto assist with parts of the cataract surgical procedure, including soften-ing up the cloudy camera lens. This reduces the amount of high fre-quency ultrasound needed. Laser assisted cataract surgery takes adelicate procedure and refines it even more, so that the surgical preci-sion is unparalleled. The computer-guided accuracy of the laser comple-ments your doctor’s skills with today’s latest tech neology. An artificialman made lens is then placed inside the eye where the cloudy lens usedto be. There are several types of high quality premium vision lenses that can

be used, giving you potentially better results than with a standard basiclens. After the surgery, eye drops are given to the patient to aid in thehealing of the eye, which takes a few months, but the patient is able toreturn to normal activity almost immediately after surgery and usuallysees well within just days. If the eye is otherwise healthy, cataract sur-gery is successful in more than 98% of patients and they enjoy improvedvision after the procedure. Cataract surgery continues to improve. Re-cent developments include no-stitch surgery, topical anesthesia, surgi-cal correction of astigmatism, new upgraded premium lens designs,Laser Assisted Cataract Surgery, and Dr. Braverman's newly trade-marked LACE™ procedure. The LACE™ procedure, if you are deemed acandidate, can nearly always guarantee that the patient will need noglasses for distance vision, and no glasses for distance or near vision ifa multifocal lens implant is used. At the Braverman Eye Center, we areproud to offer the advanced VICTUS™ femtosecond laser system, forunsurpassed Femtosecond Laser Assisted cataract surgery perform-ance!

ABOUT DR. STANLEY BRAVERMANDr. Stanley Braverman is a Voluntary Assistant Clinical Professor at the

University of Miami School of Medicine and the Anne Bates Leach EyeHospital/Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. He is also an Adjunct AssociateClinical Professor at the Nova Southeastern School of Optometry. In ad-dition to treating patients, Dr. Braverman, a board certified ophthalmolo-gist, has been a medical researcher, and is the inventor of several eyesurgical instruments, and author of many articles for medical journals.Dr. Braverman's newly trademarked LACE™ procedure (Laser AssistedCataract Extraction) provides the best possible cataract surgical results.He has lectured at professional meetings about upgraded lens implants,advanced cataract surgery and LASIK, both nationally and internation-ally. He has recently been recognized by Newsweek Magazine as one ofthe Fifteen Leaders in Laser Eye Surgery in 2011, and recently co-au-thored a book on Z-Lasik that is being distributed internationally. Youcan find it on Amazon.com.An initial cataract or LASIK consultation can be scheduled by calling

the Braverman Eye Center at: (954) 458-2112 or (305) 374-8694. For ad-ditional information please contact Regina Vasquez, Surgery Coordinatorfor cataract surgery, or Rosemary Hartford, LASIK Coordinator for LASIKsurgery, or visit the Braverman Eye Center website at www.braver-maneyecenter.com where you can watch a video of cataract or LASIKsurgery and learn more about all of the latest advances in cataract sur-gery and upgraded lens implants, as well as LASIK Surgery, includingNear-Far Multifocal PresbyLASIK, for patients over 40 years old who re-quire glasses for both distance and near vision.In addition to Dr. Stanley Braverman, a Refractive Cataract and LASIK

Laser Vision Correction surgeon, your other sub-specialty eye careneeds can also be evaluated and treated. On staff at the Braverman EyeCenter are Rashid Taher MD FACS and Tirso Lara MD FACS, Vitreo-Reti-nal surgeons; Andre Sarraga MD FACS, Ophthalmic Plastic, Reconstruc-tive and Cosmetic Surgeon; Aarup Kubal MD FACS, Complex GlaucomaSpecialist; Jesse Pelletier MD, FACS, Corneal Surgeon; Eric Ciliberti MD,Neuro-Ophthalmologist; and Ryan Y. Hargreaves OD and Shalonda Mc-Callum OD. All sub-specialist surgeons at the Braverman Eye Center areBoard Certified.

Growing up in Buffalo, Dolores Carpi grew tired of the bitter-cold win-ters. So her move to south Florida back in 1961 was certainly okay withher.While her eyesight was never a major problem when she was growing

up, things began to change. Just about the time Carpi and her husbandmoved south, she learned she needed glasses. That she didn’t like at all.“Couldn’t stand to wear them,” she recalled. “Just not a glasses per-

son. Just didn’t do anything positive for me.”Through the years, Carpi tried contacts and it wasn’t the answer. Too

much work every day. And, frankly, it came down to vanity versus practi-cality. Wearing contacts presented a lot of extras that she really had notime for.As the years passed, Carpi’s eyesight, with age, started to develop

problems - cataracts. Because she had developed a close patient rela-tionship with Dr. Stanley Braverman over the years, she knew he wouldadvise her what needed to be done.Her trust in Dr. Braverman was put to the test this past summer - when

she was told that it was time to have her eyesight improved withCataract surgery. She decided to have the surgery using a premium Tec-nis Multifocal lens implant.“For someone over 80, that was something that took a lot of thinking,”

Carpi said. “You are really apprehensive about the entire thing. I trust Dr.Braverman more than anyone I know, and it really took a lot of thinking. Iwas not sure that I wanted to incur the extra costs for this premiumproduct since I had no idea how long I would live.”After wrestling with the decision, the Hallandale Beach resident met

with Dr. Braverman and he went over everything that was going to hap-pen. Just sitting down and going over the details put her at ease.She has now had both eyes done. “What can I say,” Carpi said with a

little laugh. “You look back at it now, and it was amazing. The resultshave been outstanding - and I don’t have to wear glasses anymore. Thatis what makes all of this so special.”For someone who stays active - and is always on top of the latest

news and happenings - Carpi’s eyesight is everything to her. From travelto getting around south Florida, life has been enhanced. She also looksforward to staying in shape and eating well.She recently got back from New York - and has several other destina-

tions planned for the future. The difference in her life is something thatshe relishes and gives thanks for every day.“To those who have cataracts and have been thinking about getting

them worked on, I can tell you that Dr. Braverman and his staff are top ofthe line,” Carpi pointed out. “I do not get paid for saying that. I onlyspeak the truth from my experience.”For Carpi, even being over 80, she has found that seeing – without the

restriction of glasses - is truly worth getting up each day and doing allover again!

WHAT ARE CATARACTSA cataract is formed when the natural lens of the eye, responsible for

focusing light and producing sharp images, becomes cloudy and hard-ens, resulting in a loss of visual function. The lens of the eye is clear atbirth but is one of the first parts of the body to show the effects ofaging. A cataract is painless and usually develops gradually over severalmonths or years. The onset of a cataract in one or both eyes may causedecreased night vision, impaired depth perception, and increased colordistortion.Cataracts are the leading cause of vision loss among adults age 55 andolder. In fact, poor vision from cataracts affects 60 percent of all adultsover age 60. However, cataracts also can result from injury, heredity, ormedications, so they can affect people of all ages.Understanding that no two conditions or patients are the same, Dr.

Braverman analyzes the patient’s symptoms, performs a comprehensiveeye exam, and may test for glare disability and contrast sensitivity beforemaking a diagnosis. The final decision to proceed with the surgery be-longs to the patient.Your optometrist or Dr. Braverman may prescribe glasses, medication

or surgery depending on your symptoms, complaints and age. Usuallysurgery will not be recommended until glasses no longer work to makeyou visually happy. In the case of clear lensectomy surgery, the patientcosmetically wants to get rid of their glasses, but they are out of theLASIK treatment range.

CATARACT SURGERY: WHAT TO EXPECT

The Braverman Eye Center is located at: 1935 East HallandaleBeach Boulevard, Hallandale Beach, FL 33009. www.braver-maneyecenter.com.

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