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Cataract Surgery Option Still Falls Short

March 4, 2009

Analysis of:Lens refilling to restore accommodation | www.sciencedirect.com

The article on lens refilling to restore accommodations is an option to an ongoing debate. The debate as to what causes humans to lose accommodation after forty is yet unresolved. Once a patient develops a cataract that is visually significant the accommodation option is a bonus but the ability to see is what is foremost on their mind. The current presbyopia "correcting" IOLs are much better than they were four years ago. They have made more progress than this technology. Alcon seems to lead the market currently with its newly approved +3 diopter Restor lens. It corrects from the prior +4 issues that patients were having. They are overall happier. This technology of refilling the lens still needs a great deal of work in order to adjust for the power of the lens needed as well as glare, halo and other complaints. It will not be quickly adopted and optometrist although regulated state to state will not be able to perform this procedure. It is still intraocular.

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