Cataract is the main reason why people undergo a surgery in intraocular lens. Intraocular lens is an implanted lens used to replace your crystalline lens (it is the transparent skin in the eye that helps to refract light to be focused on the retina) in our eyes. Before, people use thick glasses and where them everywhere they go, everywhere they are. Nowadays, people use contact lenses or undergo a surgery to replace their intraocular lens and act as if nothing had happen.
Since people have different type of eyes, intraocular lenses also comes in different sizes, different texture and different prices.
There are foldable intraocular lenses; it is made of high grade acrylic materials making it more biostable, square edge optics that reduces the chance of pco, extremely tear resistant, superior optical characteristics, flexible and tensile. It is available in -5 to +7 diopters and in yellow chromophore.
There is also another type of intraocular lenses which is a single piece and checked using Laser Interferometer to get better optical quality. It is Modulation of Transfer Function (MTF) general test of intraocular lens assuring much better lens usable surface, optics and accurate power. It usually expires in 5 years and sterilized by ETO.
There is also a multifocal intraocular lens which improves the vision of the wearer. It is comfortable, safe to use and quality in materials.
There is also a slim intraocular lens which is designed as per international medical standards. It has a posterior chamber single piece, sterilized in dry EOG and its holes at 12 and 6 o’clock.
Intraocular lenses are made from clinically proven materials and suitable within the eye. These materials should last at least for a life time because this replaces the small plastic lens called crystalline lens in our eyes.
Most intraocular lenses can be bought to India, where the operation of cataract and intraocular lens are expert and the best of quality materials.
The prices usually ranges from $1,500 – $ 3,500 per eye, depending on the type of intraocular lens to be use in the persons’ eye, depends on the quality of the product, depends on the size and shape of the intraocular lens needed, and depends on the surgeon and country where the surgery will be performed.
Our eye has a very important role in our everyday life. Without our eye, it would be very hard for us to see things, do things and accomplish things in a normal way of life. We should know how to take care of it considering its big role in our life and the negative result it can give when our intraocular lens is fuzzy.