Dr. Vijay Shetty Eye Specialist
Shah Signature, Above Starbucks, Sector 17,
Vashi, Navi Mumbai - 400705
+91 98198 60879 | [email protected]
Monday - Saturday :
11:00 am to 07:00 pm
Shah Signature, Above Starbucks, Sector 17,
Vashi, Navi Mumbai - 400705 +91 98198 60879 | [email protected]
Monday - Saturday :
11:00 am to 07:00 pm
IOL Exchange – Change the Intraocular lens which was implanted during cataract surgery.
Intraocular lens implanted during cataract surgery normally lasts life time in most of the people. However there are rare occasions where in intraocular lens has to be removed and another intraocular lens needs to be placed.
This could be due to decentration or dislocation of the intraocular lens due to severe eye injury
Degenerative changes in the zonules which support the lens bag complex.
It can also be due to incorrect lens power calculation resulting in a large residual spectacle power for distance.
It can also happen in cataract surgery done during childhood later on leading on to high spectacle number in adulthood.
If a person is undergoing intraocular exchange for a residual spectacle number, it is usually done after the age of 18 years. Occasionally patients not adjusting to multifocal IOLs needs an exchange with monofocal IOL. Selection of type of lens to be put in the second sitting depends on the eye condition and patient’s visual need for his routine activity. Now newer types of intraocular lens are available which can be put over the existing intraocular lens called piggyback lens (sulcoflex lens). The eye needs to be examined for suitability of such lens by an eye surgeon.