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Suggest Treatment For Poor Vision

Posted on Tue, 18 Nov 2014

Question: Hi, I am XXXX working with XXXXXXX My father has vision problem since last one month. He is not been able to identify the faces unless they are close to him. When consult an ophthalmologist, he suggested to go for cataract surgery for both eyes one after the other. They have explained variety of lenses available and their cost (range from 10k to 26k). Something called XXXXXXX lenses is the best which doesn't produce side effect as per them. I would like to seek your opinion on selecting the type of lenses before going for a surgery. His is 52 yr old working with electricity dept.

Answered by Dr. Ashok Kumar Dash (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Selection of IOL.

Detailed Answer:
All IOL are best. You should select one as per need. Bifocal, Uni focal are available. Now even photochromic lens are also available. For your father you should select uni focal. Available are premium, toric and Aspheric. Since your father is going for surgery in both the eye then you might consider mono vision. This involve implanting IOL in one eye having near better vision correction and the other eye having better distant correction. Traditional lens is Aspheric. Price you have quoted are correct. The surgeon will advice the type and other detail as per need. None of the IOL produce any side effect.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Ashwin Bhandari