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You Can Adjust This IOL After Cataract Surgery
Refractive errors that are common following cataract surgery can
only be corrected with glasses, contact lenses or refractive surgery,
but now there's an intraocular lens that lets you make small adjust-
ments to its power after cataract surgery to improve vision in patients
with astigmatism. RxSight's Light Adjustable Lens (RxLAL) lets the
physician make small adjustments to the implanted lens after the
initial surgery to improve visual acuity without glasses. The RxLAL is
made of a material that reacts to UV light 17 to 21 days after surgery.
Patients receive 3 or 4 in-office light treatments over a period of 1 to
2 weeks, each lasting about 40 to 150 seconds, depending on the
amount of adjustment needed, says the company. Patients must
wear eyeglasses for UV protection from the time of the cataract sur-
gery to the end of the light treatments to protect the new lens from
UV light.
rxsight.com