IOL Implants: Lens Replacement After Cataracts
Oct 30, 2024 · An intraocular lens (or IOL) is a tiny, artificial lens for the eye. It replaces the eye's natural lens that is removed during cataract surgery. The lens bends (refracts) light rays that enter the eye, helping you to see. Your lens should be clear.
Factors to Consider in Choosing an IOL for Cataract Surgery
Dec 12, 2022 · During cataract surgery, the natural clouded lens is replaced with an artificial lens called an intraocular lens (IOL). An IOL can not only restore vision lost to cataracts, but may also correct refractive errors such as nearsightedness (myopia), farsightedness (hyperopia), astigmatism or presbyopia.
Intraocular Implants (IOLs) - American Academy of Ophthalmology
Mar 29, 2023 · An intraocular lens (IOL) is a clear, artificial lens implant used to replace a cloudy natural lens in cataract surgery. Like your eye's natural lens, an IOL focuses light that comes into your eye through the cornea and pupil onto the retina , the sensitive tissue at the back of the eye that relays images through the optic nerve to the brain.
Cataract Surgery: Risks, Recovery, Costs - American Academy of ...
Oct 9, 2024 · During cataract surgery, your cloudy natural lens is removed and replaced with a clear artificial lens. That lens is called an intraocular lens (IOL). Your ophthalmologist will talk with you about IOLs and how they work.
A New Generation of IOLs - American Academy of Ophthalmology
Jan 1, 2022 · RxSight’s Light Adjustable Lens (LAL) is a silicone, three-piece monofocal IOL that’s filled with macromers, a photosensitive material that changes the lens’ shape and power in response to ultraviolet light.
Management of Dislocated IOLs - American Academy of …
Apr 1, 2022 · In partial zonular loss or weakness without complete posterior dislocation, a variety of capsular implants can be considered for support. However, if there is significant zonular loss, an anterior chamber IOL (AC IOL), scleral-fixated lens, or iris-fixated lens may be better options.
Presbyopia-Correcting IOLs - American Academy of Ophthalmology
Sep 30, 2024 · There are benefits and drawbacks to surgery, eyeglasses and contact lenses. As you explore how to correct your vision, consider your vision needs and expectations. Your ophthalmologist will explain IOL options for you in more detail.
How to Choose an Aspheric Intraocular Lens
Nov 1, 2010 · Aspheric lens surfaces have become an attractive feature for new IOLs over the last decade, since ophthalmologists began applying the lessons learned from laser.
Accommodating IOLs: Current Technology, Limitations, and Future …
Jan 1, 2007 · This article will explore the available accommodative technologies under these 3 headings including any limitations concerning lens excursion and accommodative amplitude and examine the potential impact of these IOLs on cataract and refractive surgeons and patients.
Blended Vision With Multifocal Intraocular Lenses
Feb 1, 2019 · An aspheric monofocal IOL may afford the best quality for distance vision in the dominant eye. However, it may be advantageous to preserve some spherical aberration in the nondominant eye by selecting a traditional nonaspheric IOL or other design matched with the individual cornea.