Latest Advances and Prospects in Intraocular Lenses
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (24 March 2023) | Viewed by 2352
Special Issue Editors
Interests: anterior segment surgery; refractive surgery; presbyopia and cataracts
Interests: cornea; corneal infection; corneal transplant; cataract; presbyopia; refractive surgery
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Dear Colleagues,
Intraocular lenses are medical devices implanted inside the eye to replace the crystalline lens removed for the treatment of cataracts and/or correction of presbyopia (refractive lens exchange). Several intraocular lens (IOL) technologies have been developed to meet expectations or vision needs at different distances. While monofocal IOLs are implanted to restore far vision, other simultaneous vision IOLs have been developed to restore near and/or intermediate vision, including enhanced monofocals (mono-EDoF), extended depth of focus (EDoF), and multifocal IOLs.
Although thousands of articles have been published about IOLs since the 1970s, there are still important difficulties in synthesizing clinical evidence, with common problems such as meta-analysis comparing lens categories involving one or few lenses per category, non-uniform publication of results, lack of secondary analyses segmented by biometric data that help to improve the selection criteria, lack of long-term results beyond 12-month follow-up, etc. In addition, new IOLs or variations of a previous IOL are launched each year, which require laboratory and/or clinical evidence to help to create evidence-based recommendations for their indication.
This Special Issue focuses on intraocular lenses, the standard medical device for solving the public health problem of cataracts, and a current alternative to correct presbyopia. We invite clinical and academic researchers to submit safety and efficacy studies following the standards for collecting and reporting outcomes of IOL–based refractive surgery, including secondary endpoints, such as defocus curves, contrast sensitivity, patient-reported outcomes, etc. Laboratory studies, systematic reviews, narrative reviews of experts in the field, and any other study related to intraocular lenses will be considered for publication.
Dr. Joaquín Fernández Pérez
Dr. Carlos Rocha-de-Lossada
Dr. Manuel Rodriguez-Vallejo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- intraocular lenses
- cataract surgery
- refractive lens exchange
- multifocal intraocular lenses
- extended depth of focus
- enhanced monofocal
- full visual range
- toric intraocular lenses
- supplementary intraocular lenses
- economical evaluations
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