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96 S.J. Dell<br />

FINAL COMMENTS<br />

The Crystalens represents a significant advance in intraocular lens technology,and provides<br />

surgeons with a novel method of restoring the accommodative abilities of<br />

pseudophakic patients. For surgeons willing to invest the time and effort necessary to<br />

optimize biometry, surgical technique and postoperative care, the results are very rewarding.<br />

Patients receiving the Crystalens experience a high degree of spectacle independence<br />

and patient satisfaction, and they have typically been willing to pay a premium<br />

price for the technology. As a refractive surgical device, the lens has proved popular as<br />

an attractive alternative to keratorefractive surgery for many presbyopes, especially<br />

those with hyperopia. Given the limitations of hyperopic keratorefractive procedures,<br />

refractive lens exchange with the Crystalens is a very attractive option for this subset of<br />

patients.These hyperopic presbyopes are typically some of the happiest patients to receive<br />

accommodative refractive lens exchange. Their preoperative condition renders<br />

them unable to function well at any distance, and with the Crystalens, they experience<br />

improved functionality at all distances. For myopes, and in particular long axial length<br />

myopes, concerns regarding retinal tears after refractive lens exchange will continue to<br />

generate controversy. The true incremental risk of refractive lens exchange with modern<br />

micro-incisional surgery will be debated for years to come. The Crystalens may offer<br />

a theoretic advantage over other lens styles in this group of patients as well. As the<br />

Crystalens vaults extremely far posteriorly, it compresses and stabilizes the anterior vitreous<br />

face. Many of these patients have shorter vitreous cavity lengths than they did<br />

when they were phakic. This stabilization of the anterior vitreous face may offer some<br />

protection against vitreoretinal traction in this group of high-risk patients. Only time<br />

and careful epidemiological study will resolve this issue.<br />

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study update. One-year results from<br />

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8. Dell SJ (2003) C&C vision AT-45 Crystalens.<br />

Paper presented at the American Society of<br />

Cataract and <strong>Refractive</strong> <strong>Surgery</strong> annual meeting;<br />

10–16 Apr 2003, San Francisco, CA<br />

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