Refractive surgery with lens implants
Filed Under Opthalmology
Just like surgery with the excimer laser, refractive phaco and refractive implant surgery aim to eliminate a patient’s dependence on eyeglasses. The decision to use one technique or another (ICL or PRL implants and Multifocal lens implants) is in part based on a patient’s age. A young patient, whose corneas are not yet suitable for refractive surgery with Laser, can undergo techniques using ICL or PRL implants. An older patient (over 40) can undergo a procedure involving Multifocal lens implants, which make it possible to correct Myopia, Hyperopia and Presbyopia and thereby prevent cataracts for life.
