Many anterior segment surgeons will experience the need to perform IOL exchange at some point in their career. With the rise of premium IOLs, specifically multifocal technology, patient dissatisfaction from lens-induced visual disturbances may lead to the need for the primary surgeon to know how to perform a successful IOL exchange. This lecture will review the reasons typically seen for IOL exchange, historical IOL removal issues, the newest and most popular IOL lens extraction techniques, IOL exchange essentials, location decisions for the new IOL placement, and future IOL exchange devices.
Learning Objectives:
Those attending will learn reasons for IOL exchange
Those attending will learn the most popular IOL extraction techniques
Those attending will learn the essentials of IOL exchange
