Monofocal, Multifocal & Accommodative Lenses

Monofocal, Multifocal & Accommodative Lenses

Our West Hills office is proud to serve the Greater Los Angeles Area

Coming from: Encino, Sherman Oaks, Thousand Oaks, and Westlake Village

Following removal of the eye’s natural crystalline lends during either cataract or Clear Lens Exchange surgery, we have the option of implanting a variety of intraocular lenses. These lenses include the standard single vision lens, the Toric astigmatism correcting lens, the ReSTOR and TECNIS multifocal lenses and the accommodative Crystalens. Any of the lenses we use can be implanted through a self-sealing (usually without stitches) opening of less than 2.4 mm (varies somewhat based on lens design).

Most common is the standard single focus lens implant which gives the surgeon the opportunity to correct the patient for either distance vision in both eyes or for monovision, also known as “blended vision”. With monovision, the surgeon corrects your dominant eye for seeing at distance and your non-dominant eye for near vision, thereby reducing the need for reading glasses. When both eyes are functioning together, the brain naturally selects the image from the eye that has the clearer focus. Having eyes for different purposes might sound unsettling, but many patients do very well with monovision. Blended vision simply refers to monovision with a smaller discrepancy between the eyes. Monovision and blended vision are common goals for patients over the age of 40, whether they are having laser vision correction (i.e., LASIK of PRK) or an implantable lens procedure (i.e., cataract or Clear Lens Exchange surgery). This allows patients to achieve good functional vision at both distance and near without the need for glasses or contact lenses.