Which lens to chose
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I have choices between a fixed lens covered by inusrance
A multi focal distance for $1100
And a lens for 20/20, no glasses needed for $3,000.
Any advice? Thank you!
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bricks609 mary28814
Posted
I am new to the cataract business as you seem to be also. All the different lens choices are hard for me to figure out, but in doing my research I did find one particular article to be helpful in understanding more about the lens choices.
I don't think we can post direct links so do a google search for:
sciencedirect(.)com/science/article/pii/S016142020308435 and check it out. You need to remove the parentheses around the period, then you could copy and paste into a browser.
Good luck with your choices. I have my first consultation next Wednesday, and look forward to seeing what the surgeon recommends!
RonAKA bricks609
Posted
bricks, I tried that info in my browser and could not find the article. It may help if you give the title, author, and date of the article. This site is a major pain in that it does not allow the inclusion of actual links.
bricks609 RonAKA
Posted
RonAKA, I tried it and it didn't work for me either.
Here is the title of article and author:
"Matching the patient to the intraocular lens: Preoperative considerations to optimize surgical outcomes" by Elizabeth Yeu, M.D. published 08/30/2020 i believe.
Hope that helps!
RonAKA bricks609
Posted
OK, yes I have that article saved. It does cover a lot of the issues with IOLs but I found it a bit difficult to read. It is basically a summary of the findings of many different studies, and at times uses very technical terminology.