When you are evaluated at the Magruder Eye Institute as a candidate for cataract surgery, our staff will spend time with you to explain the replacement lens options that best suit your particular vision and lifestyle needs. Thanks to new technology available at Magruder Eye Institute, patients have more choices when it comes to cataract surgery and replacement lenses—choices that can help you choose what will work best in your daily activities and for the things you love to do the most.
Monofocal Lens Option
There are two main types of lenses. The Monofocal Intraocular Lens, or standard lens, has been used for the last 30 years and corrects vision to a single point, usually distance. Patients with this lens may see well at a distance without glasses, but usually, require glasses for reading and near tasks.
Advanced Technology Lens Options
For those patients who are looking for more visual freedom with less dependence on glasses or contacts, recent advances in lens implant technology provide an attractive option.
Magruder Eye Institute offers a variety of replacement Advanced Technology Intraocular Lens (ATIOL) options and, likely, there is a lens that is best suitable for your particular eye health and your personal lifestyle. Advanced Technology Lens Implants, sometimes referred to as “Multifocal Lens,” “Lifestyle Lens” or “Premium Lens,” can treat vision at a variety of distances and, most notably, up close or at reading distance. The term “multifocal” means that the lens literally provides multiple focal points so people can see well at a variety of distances, resulting in greater independence from glasses or contact lenses than ever before.
It is recommended that patients who are active and want more out of life with less dependence on glasses or contacts choose an Advanced Technology Lens option along with laser cataract surgery.
Advanced Technology Lenses are much like multifocal glasses in that they can allow the eye to focus at several distances. These lenses help patients focus on near and distant objects in the eye at the same time and are designed to offer a better overall vision. While overall vision with multifocal lenses is better than that with monofocal lenses, patients with these lenses may have some loss of contrast in the distance and may see some glare and halos when driving at night.
Multifocal Lens options include, but are not limited to, the Clareon® PanOptix® IOL, a trifocal lens designed to help cataract patients see better at all distances: near, intermediate and distance. The Clareon® Vivity® IOL provides patients with monofocal-quality distance with excellent intermediate and functional near vision. The Clareon® Collection also have Toric lenses, designed to treat astigmatism which can improve your vision at all distances.
The Light Adjustable Lens™ (LAL®/LAL+™), offered by RXSight, if a versatile premium lens that allows the surgeon to adjust the lens after surgery through a series of in-office UV light treatments. Once the adjustments are made, a final lock-in treatment is applied. This option allows the patient to test drive their post-surgical vision and customize their final outcome. It is the first and only lens that can be adjusted after surgery.
You’ll be given detailed information about all types of lenses, including costs and insurance coverage when you visit Magruder Eye Institute. Patients are encouraged to take the time to ask doctors and staff any questions possible in order to make a comfortable, informed decision about which options are best for you.
