Phakic IOLs are clear implantable lenses that are surgically placed behind the iris, without removing your natural lens. Phakic lenses enable light to focus properly on the retina for clearer vision without glasses.Implantable lenses function like contact lenses to correct nearsightedness. The difference is that phakic IOLs work from within your eye instead of sitting on the surface of your eye.
Also, phakic IOLs offer a permanent correction of myopia, unless the lens is surgically removed.
Unlike contact lenses, you can’t feel a phakic intraocular lens in your eye and, apart from regular eye exams, phakic IOLs typically do not require any maintenance.
Who is good Candidate?
- People with high myopia.
- Those who are ineligible for LASIK, PRK, SMILE surgery.
SURGERY:
During phakic lens implantation surgery, a small incision is made in the front of the eye near cornea. The phakic lens is implanted through the incision and placed just behind the iris.
- Procedure time: about 15-20 minutes per eye
- Typical results: 20/40 vision or better without glasses or contact lenses
- Recovery time: a few days to several weeks.
Here at Aditi eye care, your eye surgeon will recommend the most appropriate implantable lens for you.
The Visian ICL (Implantable Collamer Lens) marketed by Staar Surgical is a posterior chamber phakic IOL, meaning it is positioned behind the iris and in front of your natural lens. It received FDA approval in 2005 for correcting nearsightedness ranging from -3.00 to -20.00 D.
Because the Visian ICL is placed behind the iris, it is undetectable to the naked eye and can only be seen through a microscope.
The Visian ICL is made of a soft, biocompatible collagen copolymer. Due to its flexibility, the lens can be folded during implantation, requiring only a small surgical incision.
Phakic IOLs are clear implantable lenses that are surgically placed behind the iris, without removing your natural lens. Phakic lenses enable light to focus properly on the retina for clearer vision without glasses.Implantable lenses function like contact lenses to correct nearsightedness. The difference is that phakic IOLs work from within your eye instead of sitting on the surface of your eye.
Also, phakic IOLs offer a permanent correction of myopia, unless the lens is surgically removed.
Unlike contact lenses, you can’t feel a phakic intraocular lens in your eye and, apart from regular eye exams, phakic IOLs typically do not require any maintenance.
The Visian ICL (Implantable Collamer Lens) marketed by Staar Surgical is a posterior chamber phakic IOL, meaning it is positioned behind the iris and in front of your natural lens. It received FDA approval in 2005 for correcting nearsightedness ranging from -3.00 to -20.00 D.
Because the Visian ICL is placed behind the iris, it is undetectable to the naked eye and can only be seen through a microscope.
The Visian ICL is made of a soft, biocompatible collagen copolymer. Due to its flexibility, the lens can be folded during implantation, requiring only a small surgical incision.