How safe are intraocular lenses?

How safe are intraocular lenses?

Phakic intraocular lenses.

The main objective of refractive surgery is improving the patient’s quality of life by decreasing their dependence on spectacles and contact lenses. In the majority of cases, we, refractive surgeons, are dealing with young healthy individuals with excellent quality of vision; they are seeking no less than excellent uncorrected visual acuity with at least the same quality of vision postoperative...

Are we really in safe hands? How safe is safe?

Aspheric Intraocular Lenses

With continued improvements in surgical techniques, biometry, and intraocular lens (IOL) technology, cataract surgeons have for some time been capable of consistently achieving highly accurate quantitative refractive results following cataract/lens replacement surgery. We know we can improve an individual’s vision from 20/400 to 20/20, for example. The modern cataract surgeon, however, is now e...

Scleral Fixation Intraocular lenses

Background: The 1ry indication for scleral fixation of intraocular lenses (IOL) is dislocation as a principal complication of cataract surgery. Inadequate capsular support is the most common cause of IOL dislocation. Other indications include traumatic phakic lens dislocation (cataractous or clear), surgically aphakic eyes or anterior chamber IOL with complications (persistent hyphema, uveitis)...