Intraocular Lens Surgery
Laser Refractive Surgery is the most commonly used treatment to correct myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism, but it is not always the only and best option as sometimes the most appropriate solution is to resort to intraocular lens implantation.
Surgery for High Myopia or Farsightedness
These are the main reasons for opting for intraocular lens surgery:
- High visual quality is achieved in patients with high prescriptions.
- Causes that make the use of lasers inadvisable, such as insufficient corneal thickness, dryness or other ocular deficiencies.
- They are very effective for the treatment of eyestrain.
- It is a technique with sufficiently proven efficacy and safety.
Different types of lenses are used to correct the prescription:
- ICL lens: In patients under 45 years of age (approximately) who do not have eyestrain. They are placed in front of the patient’s crystalline lens and the accommodation system of the eyeball remains intact, allowing the patient to see at all distances.
- Multifocal Intraocular Lenses: In patients with eyestrain. The crystalline lens is removed and replaced with a lens that enables good near and far vision.
- Monofocal Intraocular Lenses: Indicated in cases where it is necessary to remove the crystalline lens but it is not appropriate to implant a multifocal lens.
What is ICL Lens surgery like?
A lens is implanted inside the eye to correct the refractive problem.
An injector containing the lens is inserted through a small 2.75 millimetre incision made at the edge of the cornea. Once inside the eye, the lens is unfolded and placed either in the anterior chamber, in the posterior chamber of the eye or to replace the crystalline lens. Finally, the incision is sealed without the need for sutures.
For the placement of the lens, we use local anaesthesia with drops and the patient is awake but relaxed, as we administer a drug with a sedative effect and he/she does not feel pain.
The patient returns home under their own steam after the operation, living a normal life after a day’s recovery.
In cases where myopia, hyperopia or eyestrain coincide with astigmatism, an astigmatism-correcting intraocular lens is implanted if necessary.
What is the day of surgery like?
The day has finally come to put an end to your dependence on glasses and contact lenses. You have been informed and have chosen the most suitable treatment for your case. Thank you for placing your trust in Vistaláser Oftalmología and our doctors.
During the preoperative tests we have told you how to proceed on the day of the operation. Follow the instructions we have given you, everything is under control.
Make sure you get a good night’s sleep the night before, don’t eat breakfast and don’t forget to bring sunglasses for after the operation and administer the treatment as we have instructed you.
You will be awake at all times, the tranquilliser we give you will help you to relax and the anaesthetic drops will make you feel nothing. Our techniques are the most advanced, and the procedure is completed in just a few minutes.
You will then rest for a while in a darkened room and finally we will tell you how to proceed with the treatment and when your next check-up is due. Start your new life without glasses!
Advantages of ICL Lenses
Intraocular lens implantation should not be seen as the last option when laser surgery is not possible, as in many cases, ICLs or multifocal intraocular lenses for eyestrain are the ideal solution.
In many cases, if the myopia or hyperopia is high, and laser treatment is possible, the ophthalmologist recommends the implantation of ICL intraocular lenses as the best option. This is because in these cases, the intraocular lens is the option that provides the best quality of vision of all those available (glasses, contact lenses or laser treatment), as it is a correction that is placed inside the eye and allows objects to be seen at their real size.
ICL lens implantation is a safe and effective treatment for patients with dry eye or thin corneal thickness, regardless of their prescription, as it is not a surgery performed on the cornea, it does not affect the quality of the tears and has no effect on the thickness of the cornea.
With the treatment of eyestrain with multifocal intraocular lenses, a stable correction is achieved, as the gradual process of increasing prescription and the ageing and loss of transparency of the crystalline lens is halted. In addition, the visual system will be able to focus at all distances without the need to look downwards or to the centre, as is the case with progressive glasses.
The fact that once the lens is implanted inside the eye, it can neither be seen nor felt, and the great experience and safety of these implants, makes them increasingly the best option for many patients who decide to end their vision problems and abandon glasses.
ICL Lens Surgery Price
At Clinicas Vistalaser we want treatments to be affordable for all patients. If you are interested in the ICL lens, we offer you several financing options so that the price is not a problem. Thanks to this calculator you only have to indicate the number of months in which you want to pay for your treatment (12, 18, 24 or 36) and you will know the monthly payment, formalisation costs and TIN interest of your financing.
