Assertion: cataract's lens | /r/CapableOf | correct astigmatism
Facets:
value: beyond restoring vision
type: OTHER
value: with a toric lens implant
type: OTHER
value: to reduce dependence
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: This new lens corrects distance vision and astigmatism.
text: Newer artificial lenses can correct for hyperopia, myopia, astigmatism.
text: Lifestyle lenses, for example, can be used to correct nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism as part of the cataract surgery process to reduce dependence on eyeglasses.
text: Toric lenses are premium intraocular lenses that correct astigmatism as well as nearsightedness or farsightedness.
text: In 1998, the first artificial lens to correct astigmatism allowed patients to rely less on their prescription glasses; but many still needed over-the-counter readers.
text: Beyond restoring vision you’ve lost to cataracts, the new lens can correct nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism (with a toric lens implant) and even provide both distance and near vision simultaneously (with a multifocal or trifocal lens implant), so you may not need to wear reading glasses afterward.
text: Research has shown that toric lenses produce excellent visual results after cataract surgery and can correct astigmatism more effectively than limbal relaxing incisions.