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Is the ReSTOR multifocal lens procedure a reversible procedure?

April 26, 2017Lens multifocal procedure reversible

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Is the ReSTOR multifocal lens procedure a reversible procedure?

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Once the natural lens is removed, it cannot be replaced. However, if one is over 40 with presbyopia and dependent on reading glasses or bifocal the lens is already not normal. It has lost its accommodation ability. If the patient desires, the ReSTOR® lens implant can be removed and replaced. In the US arm of the FDA Clinical Trials for ReSTOR, no patient requested removal of the lens because the benefit of a full range of vision outweighed their complaints of visual disturbances. The only medical indication for lens replacement is if the lens power needs to be changed to help distance vision. The ReStor lens implant need not to be replaced as one ages.