Frank Asks: Interested in Technis Iol Z9000. They make remarkable claims on restoring full functional sight. Your comments please. The Technis intraocular lens was the first to employ the concept of higher order aberration correction into an IOL. This is similar, in a limited way, to what we try to do with our wavefront guided [...]

Brenda asks: “When will the acrylic multi-focal tecnis iol be avalible in the United States”, “this is the one that interests me”. I don’t blame you Brenda, I too think this lens has great potential as the Tecnis monofocal is a very good lens with better night driving characteristics than most other IOLs. I also [...]

The Staar Surgical foldable implant for the correction of myopia has finally received FDA approval. This lens inserts through an incision one half the size of its competitor, the Verisyse lens. The correction range is -3.00D to -15.00D. This lens cannot correct astigmatism, neither can the Verisyse. While the approval occurred on the 23rd of [...]

Jeff asks: with new multifocal lens implants almost every month, which is the best to have? Currently there are only 3 models available: 1) the Crystalens – single zone lens that moves within the eye, good at distance and intermediate range (computer) but not great at near (reading); 2) the ReSTOR lens – a multizonal [...]

It is truly era of technologic expansion. The FDA has just approved the first intraocular lens implant that can correct astigmatism. While I don’t know the exact range of correction that will be available, this represents a step forward in the correcion of cataracts and for those individuals having a non-cataractous lens removed for prue [...]

Jeff asks: are the multifocal implants ready to use and which do I like? He mentions Technis, Crystalens and ReSTOR. First, I don’t believe the Technis multifocal is available yet, the regular monofocal Technis is a good lens which has some built-in spherical aberration adjustment for better night vision. The Technis multifocal could be a [...]

A question was asked concerning lens implants after LASIK. It is very compatible to have any kind of lens implant after a previous lasik. It requires extra care in terms of the preoperative calculations as these are somewhat altered by the previous corneal reshaping procedure (LASIK). You need a surgeon experienced in the field of [...]

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