Guide to Eye Diseases

Traditional and new intraocular lenses

Artificial intraocular lenses (IOL) was firstly approved by FDA in 1981, before which patients had to wear thick eyeglasses or particular contact lenses in order to offset the focus distortion brought by cataracts removal. But now, most surgeons are concerning about the surgical technique and lenses design of the various IOLs, such as premium IOL, toric IOL and so on.

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