Intraocular lens treatments are an effective and innovative method used to correct vision defects and provide clear, sharp vision. This modern technology is used to treat not only eye diseases such as cataracts but also refractive errors such as myopia, hypermetropia, and astigmatism.
✓What is Smart Lens Treatment?
Smart lens treatment is a method used for the treatment of cataracts or near-intermediate-distance vision defects. Smart lens treatment is the placement of lenses produced with special technology in place of the natural lens in the eye.
✓Who is Smart Lens Treatment Applied To?
Patients who have cataract problems or not, or have near-intermediate-distance vision defects and do not want to wear glasses or contact lenses are suitable for this treatment.
✓The patient must first undergo a detailed eye examination. Not every patient's eye may be suitable for this type of surgery.
✓The patient's profession, age, hobbies, reading or driving habits are important in lens selection. The success of the treatment depends on appropriate patient and lens selection, appropriate technique, the institution where the surgery is performed, and physician experience.
✓Benefits of Smart Lens Surgery
Smart lens surgery provides treatment of refractive errors such as myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism. In the applied method, since the lens inside the eye is removed and a lens with multiple focal capabilities is placed instead, while treating refractive errors, if there is a cataract problem in the eye, cataract treatment is also performed.
✓Operations performed without direct contact with the eye.
✓The operation does not cause pain, aching, or discomfort.
✓Operations that can be completed in a short time.
✓The patient does not need to be hospitalized.
✓It is an operation that does not cause dry eye.
✓One to two weeks is sufficient to engage in sports.
✓It is the treatment method that achieves the best results in visual quality.
✓It is a treatment performed as an alternative to laser treatment.
✓How is Smart Lens Treatment Performed?
Smart lens treatment is performed with drop anesthesia, that is, numbing with eye drops. There is no need for injection or general anesthesia/narcosis. After the treatment, the patient is discharged on the same day without requiring hospitalization.
✓Who Can Have Smart Lens Treatment?
It is known that people who want smart lens (intraocular lens) treatment are preferred by those over 40-45 years of age and those who do not want to wear glasses. It is one of the most preferred methods in the treatment of vision defects such as myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism. In advanced age cataracts and age-related vision problems, smart lens application is an easily performed procedure. It is known among the public as a laser or sutureless procedure. This procedure performed in eye hospitals is both quick and an easy process for patients to undergo.
✓What are the Differences Between Smart Lens and Laser Surgery?
Laser surgeries are methods used to solve vision problems such as myopia, astigmatism, hyperopia, and presbyopia. There are two different operation types for smart lens (intraocular lens) surgery.
✓First; Phakic intraocular lens implantation (PIOL) - the eye doctor makes a small incision on the retina and places the lens inside. After this sutureless procedure, the eye can heal on its own.
✓Second; Refractive Lens Exchange (RLE) (Intraocular Smart Lens Surgery) - during this surgery, a portion of the natural lens in the eye is removed and an artificial lens is placed in its place. The lens used is performed using a state-of-the-art implant that will ensure the eye's functions are fully restored. It is also an operation that can be performed within the scope of cataract surgeries.
✓For laser eye surgeries, you must be 18 years of age and older. And for these surgeries, generally 45 years of age is the standard application.
Vision will return to normal levels within 1-2 days after surgery. Eye drops recommended by your ophthalmologist, including antibiotic drops, cortisone drops, and artificial tear drops, should be used for the prescribed duration.
After smart lens treatment, the patient is discharged on the same day; follow-up visits are required at 1 day, 1 week, 1 month, and 6 months. The frequency and duration of follow-up visits may vary from patient to patient.
