What Is Permanent Lens Surgery?

A permanent lens, also known as a smart lens, is a treatment that restores distance, near, and intermediate vision for patients. Permanent lens treatment is carried out through a short surgical procedure. In this surgery, the eye's natural lens, whose focusing ability has weakened and which has lost its transparency, is removed and replaced with a permanent lens. Permanent lenses, which come in different types, are selected based on each patient's specific vision problem and implanted through a short, straightforward procedure.

What Is a Permanent Lens?

About 70% of the eye's structure is made up of the curved, watch-glass-shaped cornea, and 30% is the eye's natural lens. A healthy eye lens has the focusing power to see clearly both near and far. However, due to certain eye conditions or simply with age, the lens gradually loses this focusing capacity, leading to vision problems.

Permanent lenses are one of the safest and healthiest ways to correct the vision problems that arise at this stage. Permanent lens treatment is recommended for patients who do not want to wear glasses or contact lenses. With this treatment, the eye's deteriorated natural lens is surgically removed and replaced with a permanent lens, also known as a smart lens.

Who Is a Good Candidate for a Permanent Lens?

Permanent lens treatment is used for cataract patients aged 45 and older. Thanks to these trifocal lenses, patients with cataracts achieve quality vision at distance, near, and intermediate range without needing glasses. In addition, permanent lens treatment can also be applied to some younger patients. Patients with very high degrees of refractive error that cannot be corrected with laser surgery can also benefit from permanent lens treatment.

When Is Permanent Lens Surgery Performed?

Permanent lens surgery is a method that can be applied starting from a younger age, provided that patients meet the appropriate conditions for the procedure. While it is most often recommended after age 45, younger patients with advanced eye disorders may also undergo permanent lens surgery following a detailed evaluation.

For more information about permanent lens surgery and treatment for all your eye conditions, you can schedule an appointment with the experienced eye doctors at İdeal Göz Clinic, a name that stands out in searches for a Kayseri eye hospital: Prof. Dr. Hakkı DOĞAN, Prof. Dr. Mustafa KOÇ, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Necati DURU, and Op. Dr. Bilge YURDAKUL.