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====Surgery==== [[Refractive surgery]] has been done to create multifocal corneas.<ref name=Kim2019/> PresbyLASIK, a type of multifocal corneal ablation [[LASIK]] procedure may be used to correct presbyopia. Results are, however, more variable and some people have a decrease in [[visual acuity]].<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Pallikaris IG, Panagopoulou SI | title = PresbyLASIK approach for the correction of presbyopia | journal = Current Opinion in Ophthalmology | volume = 26 | issue = 4 | pages = 265β72 | date = July 2015 | pmid = 26058023 | doi = 10.1097/icu.0000000000000162 | s2cid = 35434343 }}</ref> Concerns with refractive surgeries for presbyopia include people's eyes changing with time.<ref name=Kim2019>{{cite journal |last1=Kim |first1=Tae-im |last2=del Barrio |first2=Jorge L AliΓ³ |last3=Wilkins |first3=Mark |last4=Cochener |first4=Beatrice |last5=Ang |first5=Marcus |title=Refractive surgery |journal=The Lancet |date=May 2019 |volume=393 |issue=10185 |pages=2085β2098 |doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(18)33209-4 |pmid=31106754|s2cid=4474834 }}</ref> Other side effects of multifocal corneal ablation include postoperative [[Glare (vision)|glare]], halos, ghost images, and monocular [[diplopia]].<ref name="RS">{{Cite book|last=Azar|first=Dimitri T.|title=Refractive surgery|publisher=Mosby / Elsevier|year=2007|isbn=978-0-323-03599-6|edition=2nd|location=Philadelphia|chapter=Terminology, classification, and history of refractive surgery| oclc=853286620}}</ref>
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