Are there any IOL with rounded-edges on the market?
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In 100% of articles about dyphotopsia, especially positive, say that the main cause of positive dysphotopsia is the new truncated, vertical edges of iol. They prevent capsule opacification but have as result glare, flickering, circles, flares and so. If the capsule opacificies, you can still have a yag laser and have the problem solved, but what about the dysphotopsia that is sometimes permanent and, as read on this site, invalidating for many people?
I also see that practically all round-edge iols are now discontinued. Am wondering if there is still some model of rounded-edges available on the market? Is there is a solution for people with intractable glare, even years after the implantation as myself?!
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soks adlibi
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replying so i can follow this thread. you are posting a lot of things that are relevant my own experience.
i am having a good eye day today though. pupil naturally constricted so lot less glare!
Sue.An soks
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wouldn't it be nice if that kept getting better and better for you!
TRoper adlibi
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I have round IOL's from Alcon and have negative dysphotopsia that I really hope will disappear as time goes on. I don't have the dysphotopsia all the time, but when it happens, I can tell it.
I would have had the laser cataract surgery on both of my eyes anyway, but neither my surgeon or her assistant didn't tell me any of the possible post-surgery problems that could happen. I had to read/research them online and doctors and surgeons don't necessarily like their patients going by what the internet says.
I now have 20/20 vision in left eye, which was the worst for the cataract and 20/25 vision in right eye..........but, still with the negative dysphotopsia showing it's ugly face at times.
Sue.An TRoper
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so sounds like one can wind up experiencing negative and positive dysphotospia with round or square edge IOLs.
I have now read several articles on this and most surgeons indicate they have no way to predict who will experience this and a lot of these articles quote doctors saying they don't mention it at consultation as they believe it is a brain thing and to mention it before surgery will prompt patients to look for it following surgeries and they'll be more prone to noticing it.
adlibi TRoper
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Are you talking about the EDGE (rounded, squared) or the iol SHAPE (rectangular, circular)?
TRoper adlibi
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Round, as in circular. Edge/shape.
adlibi TRoper
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You have a circular iol, not a square iol shape. We are talking about the side edge of the lens, the rim, not the iol shape.
BobDob TRoper
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Side view, to illustrate:
BobDob adlibi
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I think there are doctors who still implant the collamer Staar Nanoflex, which has rounded edges. One problem you may have even if you find other IOLs with round edges still on the market is finding a doctor who implants them.
adlibi BobDob
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No Nanoflex in Europe. They look like a secret company, no infos, no nothing.
soks adlibi
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can we order custom lenses? larger diameter, rounded edge, material etc.
BobDob
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I don't know why my previous post was deleted by the moderator as it only mentioned the Nanoflex manufacturer's website in response to the post above saying the company provided no information on it. This would seem to be responsive to this site's terms and conditions that state that contributions should "Provide proper references and source information for any health or medical information which is not from personal experience. Personal experience is a symptom, test or treatment that you or a close family member has undergone."
adlibi BobDob
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nanoflex is not available in Europe.
BobDob adlibi
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I noted in my post that was deleted that the website for the company that makes Nanoflex lists distributors in a number of European countries, including France. However, the UK is not included in the list. There is a customer service department located in Switzerland.
adlibi BobDob
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Starr company (the nanoflex producer) distributes the Visian intraocular contact lens (phakic iol) everywhere but no the nanoflex in the bag iol.