intraocular lens surgery in turkey-intraocular lens implant

Lenses that have been advertised as smart lenses in recent years are not actually smart, but intraocular lenses that have three focal points. They are intraocular lenses where three different lenses are glued together. Thanks to these three focal points, it provides glasses-free vision in far, medium (looking at computer and phone) and near (reading) distances.

The treatment for cataracts is to surgically dissolve the degraded lens and replace it with an artificial lens. Artificial lenses or intraocular lenses are devices made of plastic that are placed inside the eye and replace cataracts for life.

Smart lens implantation process

A small incision is made in the edge of the cornea of the eye. The lens is then broken into small pieces and rinsed from the eye. A smart lens is folded and inserted through the small incision so that it sits in the same transparent capsule as the natural lens previously.

What is a smart lens for vision correction?

It is the surgical removal of the deteriorated lens of the eye and its replacement with an artificial lens. Smart lenses for eyes, or artificial lenses, are devices made of plastic that are placed inside the eye and replace cataracts for life. By cataract operation, there are different types, including one with one focal point that provides distance vision without glasses, while the focus is provided by the additional one that provides near vision instead of near glasses.

How to install a smart lens

• Both eyes are operated on different days.
• Depending on the patient’s condition, a break of a few days or one week is taken between the eyes.
• The procedure takes about 10 minutes for each eye.
• The eyes are numbed with eye drops.
• There is no general anesthesia (except in special cases), no general anesthesia or sleeping in the hospital.
• It is a painless process.
• The natural intraocular lens is removed and the smart IOL is attached to its socket.
• After surgery, the eye is covered with a bandage, the patient goes home, the eye is closed with adhesive tape that night, and the doctor opens the bandage the next day during the observation process.
• The patient begins to see on the same day and returns to his normal life.
• The same procedures are applied to the other eye within a few days.
• Apart from using drops for a period of time, weekly and monthly checkups are performed.

Preliminary investigations
It is necessary to carry out some special examinations before the operation in order to determine the appropriate strength of the new artificial lens and to check your health and the condition of your eyes.

anesthesia
The anesthesiologist will be at your side during the implantation of the smart lens and will give you sedation during the procedure if you wish. You experience the process in a kind of twilight sleep. Please come to the operation hungry and empty stomach for this purpose. Please refrain from eating 6 hours before and drinking 2 hours before. An accompanying person is also required.

before the operation
Adequate local anesthesia is applied using special eye drops that make the eyes completely insensitive to pain. Patients are awake and responsive throughout the procedure.

during the operation
During the operation, the upper and lower eyelids are separated by a small spring (eyelid retractor). So you don’t have to stop your eyes on yourself. So that the eye does not become dry, a wet liquid is dripped onto the surface of the eye at regular intervals.

After local anesthesia, the doctor makes a very small incision of less than 2 mm. The eye’s natural lens is liquefied and suctioned through this opening using ultrasound. The lens capsule remains intact. It protectively surrounds the lens of the eye and in the next step also acts as the ‘carrier’ for the new artificial lens.

The surgeon folds the new artificial lens before inserting it. As a result, the opening through which the lens is inserted into the eye can be kept very small.

The artificial lens unfolds into the lens capsule and slides into its final position. It is fixed to the capsule sac by means of small, flexible brackets. The new lens is placed where the natural lens was before.

This procedure is so gentle that sutures are not required because of the small incision. It closes on its own, like a valve, without scarring. The procedure is usually completed in less than 10 minutes. The entire eye hospital stay usually takes less than two hours.

After the operation
Your operated eye will be covered with an ointment pad. After a certain monitoring phase, you can go home. Of course you are not yet allowed to drive your car. Please bring someone with you to the procedure to take you home.

On the day of the operation, take it easy. The best thing to do is lie at home. On the first day after the operation, the ointment dressing is usually removed and the eye is examined. Your doctor will give you medicines that you must use exactly as instructed.

The best smart lenses

Although there are several manufacturers of eye lenses in the world, there are only a few manufacturers of trifocal lenses that have FDA approval for application in the USA and Europe. Among the most important of these companies is the American company Alcon and the German Zeiss. In addition, the VSY company produces these lenses in our country.

The cost of lens implantation in turkey

Here are some things that you should know before the cost of lens implantation in Turkey 2023; Our expert team uses FDA-approved intraocular lenses for smart lens surgery. All materials used during smart lens surgery are imported from the USA and Europe. In addition, the devices used during the surgery were imported from abroad. For this reason, materials and devices are purchased more than 50%. The price of eye lenses in Turkey 2023 is 2500 euros, and we perform our operations in a private hospital for your comfort and health.