Phakic lenses today are more preferable than surgical replacement of the natural lens in those cases where it is not possible to correct vision with a laser. They are used when the values ??of hyperopia, myopia, astigmatism have already passed into the region of large numbers. However, the installation of lenses can be done only when natural accommodation is still preserved, and the operation is carried out while preserving the patient's natural lens.

When to install?.

This type of optical instruments is installed when:.

• high values ??of hyperopia, myopia, astigmatism;.

• Thinning of the cornea;.

• Withered eyes;.

• keratoconus (when the cornea is strengthened);.

• the need to see perfectly at night.

But lenses can not be used for glaucoma, cataract, dystrophy, corneal opacity, problems with the lens, retina, inflammation of the eye vessels. Installation is also undesirable after 50 years due to high risks and low efficiency.

Advantages of lenses The installation of phakic lenses refers to advanced, low-traumatic methods of treatment. Among their main advantages are:.

• absence of contact with the cornea, iris, which excludes dystrophic changes;.

• complete biocompatibility with the eye;.

• the presence of special protection of the retina from ultraviolet radiation;.

• Rapid recovery of vision after installation;.

• preservation of the cornea, its structure.

In addition, different types of lenses have various additional effects. Aspherical reduce blinding from a direct light source to a minimum, provide an ideal color rendition, contrast. Multifocal allows you to see close and distant objects equally well, toric solve the problems of astigmatism, and special lenses with an ultraviolet filter can save your eyes from harmful blue light, located in the invisible part of the light spectrum.

Features of the operation The installation of intraocular (phakic) lenses offers an ophthalmologic center Novy Zir. And this is only one of more than two dozen services provided by this advanced medical institution, operating exclusively according to European standards and protocols. When installed, a 2.5 mm cut is made that does not require seams. The entire procedure lasts no more than 15 minutes under anesthesia of a drop type. The patient is not hospitalized and begins to feel vision improvement within three hours after the installation!.

Thanks to advanced technologies, to doctors of the highest category, to 13-year practical experience, this and all other services are at the center at the highest level, which is confirmed by the multitude of successful operations and enthusiastic reviews of patients.