Now see clearly again with refractive lens replacement!
A refractive lens exchange (also called a clear lens exchange) is an alternative to laser eye surgery and describes the replacement of the body’s own lens. This solution is reserved for people with extremely high refractive error and/or presbyopia, since here usually only the replacement of the body’s own lens by an artificial lens can correct the refractive error.
After a thorough examination and measurement by your ophthalmologist, an artificial lens tailored to your needs will be used for this purpose. Thanks to modern multifocal lenses, presbyopia can also be remedied with this procedure. This is especially appreciated by our patients with progressive spectacles. They rate their experience with multifocal lenses as consistently positive, because with a lens exchange, progressive lenses and reading glasses are a thing of the past.
Since the eye loses its natural ability to adjust itself to different distances (accommodation) when replacing the lens with the implanted multifocal lens, this method is only used to correct defective vision when the ability to accommodate is reduced (approx. from the age of 45) or when the lens is already clouded (incipient cataract).
When choosing an artificial lens, you have a variety of options: For example, in addition to multifocal lenses, also known as “multi-focal lenses”, there are monofocal lenses or “single-focal lenses”.
While monofocal lenses usually only allow sharp vision at a distance, multifocal lenses represent absolute independence from glasses. Especially people with a high degree of refractive error in connection with presbyopia benefit from this method.
The toric lens compensates for a corneal curvature. The multifocal toric lens compensates for both nearsightedness, farsightedness or presbyopia as well as corneal curvature.
EDOF lenses use a new technology that has recently emerged in the treatment of presbyopia-correcting intraocular lenses (IOLs). Unlike multifocal intraocular lenses (IOLs) used to treat presbyopia, EDOF lenses work by creating a single elongated focal point to improve the “area of vision” or “depth of field.”
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The procedure is performed on an outpatient basis. With the help of eye drops, the eyeball is locally numbed. The incision on the eye closes by itself and therefore does not require a seam. The insertion of a multifocal lens is done in two simple steps:
The body’s own lens is removed: For this purpose, a millimetre fine incision is made (by hand or optionally even more precisely by the new LENSAR laser), after which the lens capsule is opened. The lens core is crushed by means of ultrasound and sucked off.
Now the multifocal lens is pushed through this tiny opening and positioned. A small, folded artificial lens made of soft material is inserted into the now empty capsule bag. The lens unfolds gently inside the eye, where it occupies the position of the original, natural lens.
Our specialists will talk to you in detail about your personal requirements and the expected result.
In addition to the new visual experience, this method has the advantage that the patient no longer needs to be treated for cataracts, because the artificial lens cannot become cloudy!
Our many years of experience and our service, also in the implantation of multifocal lenses, make our laser eye center the first address in the Stuttgart area. Simply contact us and make an appointment for advice on eye surgery.
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Laser Eye Surgery, Diagnostics & Consultations on Ophthalmology at the Bányai Laser Eye Center – Dr. Liliana Bányai
