Is replacing a patient’s own lens with an artificial intraocular lens (IOL – IntraOcular Lens) used only in the treatment of cataracts?

Replacing a patient’s own lens with an implantable artificial lens is not only possible in cataract treatment.

While lens replacement is still the only treatment for cataract patients, it is an equally good option for patients who:

• They are looking for a way to cure the defect, but do not qualify for laser correction (cornea too thin, vision defect too high, astigmatism too complicated and others). For more information on absolute contraindications to laser vision correction, click here.

• They struggle with ametropia, a visual defect caused by an abnormal ratio between the focusing ability of the eye’s lens and its anatomical dimensions. Two artificial lenses can be used to correct severe ametropia – the latter to enhance the effect of a previously implanted intraocular lens. The secondary lens is implanted four to six weeks after the primary lens.

The procedure of replacing the native lens with an artificial intraocular lens is recommended not only for patients with cataracts, but also for patients with severe farsightedness, presbyopia i astigmatism, and in some cases with myopia. The latest surgical technologies make it possible to combine cataract surgery with the simultaneous removal of other visual defects, such as astigmatism or presbyopia (presbyopia).

What does this mean? That we get rid of all vision problems during one treatment.

The refractive lens replacement procedure can also be performed on patients who have previously undergone laser vision correction
You can find a compendium of knowledge on implanting artificial intraocular lenses here.