title: Refractive lens exchange for presbyopia.
abstract: True presbyopia correction still remains one of the main challenges amongst eye professionals. Many corrective techniques exist including bifocal spectacle correction, monovision techniques both with corrective lenses and surgery, multifocal corneal excimer laser and refractive lens exchange with either accommodating or multifocal lenses. Refractive lens exchange was first described more than 10 years ago and has become more accepted in recent years with advancements in lens technology and improvements in surgical techniques. This article reviews developments in this field and current available lens options in the treatment of presbyopia.
authors.affiliation: The Queen's Hospital, BHR Hospitals NHS Trust, Ophthalmology Department, Romford, Essex RM7 OAG, United Kingdom. shahdoc@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Shahram
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kashani
authors.forename: Ali A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Mearza
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Claoué
mesh_terms: D000065:Accommodation, Ocular / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000601:surgery; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D011305:Presbyopia / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D054140:Refractive Surgical Procedures; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology