With modern calculations and state-of-the-art lenses, IOL exchange is not regularly needed.
According to Healio/OSN Section Editor Uday Devgan, MD, it is downright rare, at least in his practice.
“For at least 99% or more of patients who have had surgery to implant an IOL, you never explant the lens,” he said. “That’s the lens they get for the rest of their lives.”
If he is going back into the eye to explant and replace a lens, he makes sure the patient knows what to expect.
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