Why Choose Intraocular Lenses?
Some patients have extremely strong refractive errors. While laser vision correction is an excellent method to correct moderate refractive errors, Drs. Clinch and Kang do not recommend laser procedures for extremely high levels of nearsightedness or farsightedness. For over four decades Intraocular lenses have been used in cataract surgery with great success. In cataract surgery, the cloudy, natural crystalline lens is replaced with the intraocular lens (IOL). Through a procedure known as refractive lens exchange, these same lenses can now be used to correct nearsightedness and farsightedness, even if you do not have a cataract. Since the intraocular lenses are placed inside the eye, they do not change the corneal curvature. For this reason, even strong refractive errors can be successfully corrected. The only difference between cataract surgery and refractive lens exchange is that refractive lens exchange is an elective procedure since the natural lens has not yet developed a cataract
