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Cataract surgery is performed to replace the damaged natural lens with the synthetic lens. With the age and normal wear and tear, the protein in the natural lens degrades, causing a hazy and blurred vision.
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TypesOfLensesInCataract Surgery CataractSurgery Cataractsurgeryisperformedtoreplacethedamagednatural lenswith the syntheticlens.Withtheageandnormalwearandtear,theproteininthenatural lensdegrades,causingahazyandblurredvision. TypesOfLensesInCataractSurgery Therearedifferenttypesof lensesthatthedoctorusesincataractsurgery.The typeoflensesuseddependsupon therequirementofthepatients.Discusswith yourdoctor aboutthebestlensessuitableforyou.Someofthelenses for cataract surgeryare: Monofocallens:Thesearethestandardlensusedinthecataractsurgery. Theselensesallowyoutoseetheobjectsclearly;however,thevisionisonly limitedtoparticulardistance.Forinstance,incaseyouhaveoptedforlensfor farvision,youneedspectaclestoseethenearobjects.Thebestoptionisto choosethelensesthathelpyou toworkinmaximumpartoftheday.Ifyou are associatedwithaworkthatrequiresgooddistantvision,suchasdriving,you canoptfordistantvisionlenses.Similaristhecasewithmiddledistanceand shortdistancelenses.Focallensmadeofdifferenttypesareavailableinthe market.TheseareAurium(Monofocal)lenseswhicharephotochromaticand AcrysofIQ(Monofocal)forexcellentdistantvision.TheotherMonofocal lensesareAurovue(Monofocal),AkreosAO(Monofocal),andAcrysof SP(Monofocal). Multifocallens:Theselensesareforthepeoplewhodonotweartheglasses anddidnotwanttodosointhefuture.Themultifocallensprovidesboththe nearvisionanddistantvision,therebyeliminatingtheneed ofglasses.However, yourdoctormay alsoinformyouaboutsomeofthedisadvantagesthatcome along withmultifocallenses.Thesearereducedcontrastsensitivityandglare. Further,itwillalsoaddtotheoverallcostofcataractsurgery.Mostmediclaim
companiesreimburseonlythecostofMonofocallens.Itisimportantthatyou shouldconsultwithyourinsuranceproviderwhetherthemultifocallensesare includedinthepolicy.Somelensesprovideexcellentvisioninthefar, intermediateandneardistance. Toric lens: Your eyes have two types of power. One is known as the spherical power, while the other is the cylindrical power. The natural lens is responsible for the spherical power and the corneal curvature is responsible for cylindrical power.TheMonofocalandmultifocallensescorrectsthesphericalpower. However,ifthepatientsrequirecylindricalcorrection,heneedstowearthe glasses.However,with thetoriclenses,thedoctorcorrectsboth thecylindrical andsphericalproblemsoftheeye.Yourdoctormay adviseyouthetoriclenses whenyouaresufferingfromastigmatismor pre-exitingcylindricalproblem. Monovisioncorrection:Ifyou donotwishimplantingmultifocallensesdueto their disadvantages,youmayoptforMonovisioncorrection.Duringthis correction,thedoctorimplantlensesofdifferentvisionineach eye.In oneeye, doctorimplantsthelensforfarvision,whileintheeyeother,thedoctor implantslensfornearvision.