Toric IOLs
Toric IOLs are also considered a “premiun” or advance technology lenses. Toric IOLs are designed to correct astigmatisms.
For many years astigmatism was treated in cataract patients with procedures such as astigmatic keratotomy (AK) or limbal relaxing incisions, which involve making incisions in the cornea. Now, in addition to or even instead of corneal astigmatism, some patients may have lenticular astigmatism, caused by irregularity in the shape of the natural lens inside the eye. This can be corrected with a Toric IOL.
If you have astigmatism, even after cataract surgery you may still experience blurred and distorted vision because the standard lens does not correct your astigmatism, just your nearsightedness or farsightedness. To achieve quality distance vision with a standard IOL, you may require eyeglasses, contact lenses, or further surgery.
The toric IOL is a lens that is implanted at the time of cataract surgery. Its unique design makes it possible to reduce or significantly improve uncorrected distance vision like a standard or monofocal IOL while eliminating corneal astigmatism. This lens provides better quality distance vision independent of glasses and contact lenses than a standard lens does. The toric intraocular lens is made of the same material already successfully implanted in more than 25 million eyes since 1991.
Implanting this lens does not at all influence the risks of cataract surgery. The procedure itself remains exactly the same except that at the time of lens insertion, this toric lens is implanted instead of a standard lens.
At Visionary Ophthalmology we now offer Toric IOLs.
