About Multifocal IOLs

The original intraocular lenses (IOLs) – which we now call standard IOLs – were a great option for correcting cataracts, but they could not duplicate a natural lens' ability to focus at a variety of distances. To compensate for this, patients had to wear glasses to view clearly close up and at middle distances.

Regular IOLs remain a good treatment, but newer multifocal IOLs offer many of the same benefits of traditional IOLs along with less reliance on glasses or contact lenses.

When the manufacturers of the leading brands of multifocal IOLs tested their lenses effectiveness for the Food and Drug Administration, around 80 percent of the patients who had the lenses implanted did not need glasses or contacts after surgery.

Your odds may be higher or lower than this depending on the individual condition of your eyes. We will discuss this with you and give you the most accurate picture possible of the potential results you may expect from this type of procedure.