Refractive Lens Surgery
Refractive Lens Surgery
Refractive Lens Surgery
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CORE MESSAGES<br />
Synchrony IOL<br />
H. Burkhard Dick, Mana Tehrani, Luis G. Vargas, Stephen D. McLeod<br />
2 The Synchrony IOL (Visiogen, Irvine, California) is a dual-optic,<br />
silicone,single-piece,foldable,accommodating IOL.The IOL features<br />
a 5.5-mm high-powered anterior optic connected to a 6.0-mm negative<br />
power optic by haptics.<br />
2 The mechanism of accommodation potential is based on a lens<br />
complex formed by two optics linked by a spring system.<br />
2 With accommodative effort, the zonules relax, releasing the tension<br />
on the capsular bag, thus allowing release of the strain energy<br />
stored in the interoptic articulations and anterior displacement of<br />
the anterior optic.<br />
2 The Synchrony IOL has been implanted in more than 70 human eyes<br />
in different centers around the world. The lens has been safely implanted<br />
in the capsular bag after conventional phacoemulsification,<br />
with no major complications in the intra- and postoperative period.<br />
2 The Synchrony dual-optic system represents a promising surgical<br />
option for cataract surgery and may enable an extended accommodative<br />
range.<br />
Accommodation in the youthful, phakic human<br />
eye is accomplished by contraction of<br />
the ciliary body and subsequent release in the<br />
resting tension of the zonular fibers by which<br />
the crystalline lens is suspended, resulting in<br />
increased lens curvature [1–3]. Presbyopia is<br />
defined as the progressive loss of accommodation<br />
amplitude producing compromised<br />
near function, and has been attributed to me-<br />
chanical changes in the lens and capsule including<br />
changes in elastic property [1] and<br />
progressive circumferential enlargement of<br />
the crystalline lens [2, 3], weakening of the<br />
ciliary muscle [4], and loss of zonular and ciliary<br />
body effectiveness and elasticity [5, 6].<br />
An excellent review of the variety of proposed<br />
mechanisms has been presented by Atchison<br />
[7].