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Who are good candidates for light adjustable lenses?

Who are not good candidates? How do you decide between offering LAL vs LAL+?
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Ophthalmology · Vance Thompson Vision South Sioux City
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Who is a great candidate? The LAL is a great option for a wide range of patients. In general, patients who prioritize quality of vision but want to achieve meaningful freedom from glasses are excellent candidates for LAL technology. The prototype candidate in my experience is a patient with a histor...

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Ophthalmology · Coastal Vision Medical Group
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Ideal Candidates

  • Desire for spectacle independence, especially those motivated to fine-tune vision after surgery.
  • High expectations for visual precision — e.g., engineers, pilots, or patients highly sensitive to small refractive errors.
  • Previous refractive surgery (LASIK, PRK, RK)** — where IOL pow...

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Ophthalmology · Boston Vision
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It is important to remember that the LAL will not fix irregular astigmatism. It is tempting to use the LAL in irregular corneas that are hard to predict, but at the same time, patients' expectations go up with this lens, and you need to keep that in check on atypical corneas. Of course, patients who...

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Ophthalmology · Advanced Eye Centers Inc
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The people who use these say it is a good lens, but a really bad process. It seems to be very expensive and tedious.

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