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  1. IOL Implants: Lens Replacement After Cataracts

    Oct 30, 2024 · Cataract surgery removes this cloudy lens and replaces it with a clear IOL to improve your vision. IOLs come in different focusing powers, just like prescription eyeglasses …

  2. Intraocular Implants (IOLs) - American Academy of Ophthalmology

    Mar 29, 2023 · An intraocular lens (IOL) is a clear, artificial lens implant used to replace a cloudy natural lens in cataract surgery.

  3. Factors to Consider in Choosing an IOL for Cataract Surgery

    Mar 31, 2025 · During cataract surgery, the natural clouded lens is replaced with an artificial lens called an intraocular lens (IOL). An IOL can not only restore vision lost to cataracts, but may …

  4. Cataract Surgery: Risks, Recovery, Costs - American Academy of ...

    Dec 1, 2025 · A: Cataract surgery is typically an outpatient procedure where the cloudy natural lens is removed and replaced with a clear artificial lens, called an intraocular lens (IOL).

  5. Presbyopia-Correcting IOLs - American Academy of Ophthalmology

    Sep 30, 2024 · Three types— multifocal, accommodative, and extended depth-of-focus IOLs—offer different focusing powers within the same lens. These IOLs reduce your …

  6. A New Generation of IOLs - American Academy of Ophthalmology

    Jan 1, 2022 · “We all have our go-to fastball—the lenses we’re most comfortable with for one reason or another—but it’s our responsibility to be well-versed in the new IOL options and stay …

  7. Phacoemulsification/intraocular lens placement can be performed with a single MIGS procedure.

  8. 10 Cataract Surgery Side Effects, and How to Cope

    May 3, 2023 · It happens when the lens capsule (the membrane that holds your new, intraocular lens in place) becomes hazy or wrinkled and starts to cloud your vision. This is a result of cells …

  9. Lens and IOL CPT codes ... Lens and IOL CPT codes ... Vitrectomy CPT codes ... It was known preoperatively that the patient would require a vitrectomy at the time of cataract surgery for a …

  10. Optimizing Outcomes With Toric IOLs - American Academy of …

    Sep 21, 2022 · Using the patient’s postoperative manifest refraction, power, and the IOL’s current axis, the calculator helps predict the ideal position of the toric IOL to minimize the patient’s …