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American Academy of Ophthalmology

AAO: 2016

Controversies in Accommodating IOLs

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Steven Dell, MD, explains that advances in multifocal IOL technology and the release of extended-depth-of-focus lenses has raised the bar for the performance of accommodating IOLs. The Crystalens (Bausch + Lomb) is the accommodating IOL most familiar to US surgeons, but its mechanism of action, Dr. Dell notes, remains a subject of controversy. He argues that pure axial movement alone has limited potential for accommodating IOL designs and describes two technologies in development that use other mechanisms of action.

Posted: 10/12/2016

Keywords:

Accommodating IOLs

Controversies in Accommodating IOLs

Steven Dell, MD, explains that advances in multifocal IOL technology and the release of extended-depth-of-focus lenses has raised the bar for the performance of accommodating IOLs. The Crystalens (Bausch + Lomb) is the accommodating IOL most familiar to US surgeons, but its mechanism of action, Dr. Dell notes, remains a subject of controversy. He argues that pure axial movement alone has limited potential for accommodating IOL designs and describes two technologies in development that use other mechanisms of action.

Posted: 10/12/2016

Keywords:

Accommodating IOLs

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