Patients younger than 40 years with non-presbyopic hyperopia had good visual outcomes after refractive lens exchange with trifocal IOL implantation, according to a study published in the Journal of Refractive Surgery.
Mohammad Reza Djodeyre, MD, PhD, told Healio/OSN that surgical correction of high hyperopia in patients younger than 40 years with shallow anterior chambers can be difficult.
“Neither laser corneal correction nor phakic intraocular lens can be applied in these eyes,” he said. “In such cases, refractive lens exchange remains the only surgical option and could