TAMPA, Fla. — Not all patients are good candidates for receiving presbyopic IOLs, but for those who are, preoperative testing helps ensure good refractive results, a speaker said here.
“The key is that preoperative diagnostics help us know who is a good candidate and who is not a good candidate for a presbyopic lens,” William B. Trattler, MD, said at the Telling It Like It Is meeting.
While a high percentage of cataract patients are excellent candidates for presbyopic IOLs, borderline candidates include those with a history of myopic or hyperopic LASIK or a history of RK, as