Patients always get confused between whats Phakic Intraocular Lens and Implantable contact lens. Let us confirm, Its just the same. The only difference is the name doctors or surgeons use to name this.
The Phakic Intraocular lenses look like regular contact lenses or crescent-shaped segments. These lenses are implanted surgically without removing the eye’s natural lens. [...]
ICL or Implantable Contact lens is made of inert materials and can last a lifetime. In the case of the lenses inserted into a patient’s eye for nearsightedness or myopia, these lenses will need to be removed if the patient develops a cataract and cataract surgery is recommended.
Cataract can be treated with ICL as well.
We have a subject with a degenerative eye disease called keratoconus that makes reading a challenge. Imagine with vision so blurry that the subject couldn’t read the big “E” atop an eye chart from more than 6 feet away.
Keratoconus causes the cornea to bulge outward, causing blurred vision. In some mild cases, glasses or contacts [...]
