VILAMOURA, Portugal — In this Healio Video Perspective at the ESCRS winter meeting, José L. Güell, MD, speaks about the use of phakic IOLs in presbyopic myopes.
There is an age span, between 40 and 60 years old, in which presbyopic myopes have difficulties in finding a good option. Corneal refractive surgery will make IOL power calculations difficult if they need cataract surgery at a later stage, and refractive lens exchange will expose them to a higher risk for retinal detachment.
“Phakic IOLs may play a significant role in this particular group of patients,” he