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Accommodative Intraocular Lenses

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Multifocal Intraocular Lenses

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The correction of presbyopia is still one of the major challenges that face the ophthalmologist in their daily practice. Several medical and surgical proposals have been developed, but none of them have showed the efficacy of restoring accommodation. Formulations of topical instilled medication, corneal excimer laser surgery, scleral devices, and intraocular lenses are among the different options that have been proposed for presbyopia correction. Nowadays, multifocal IOL are the most popular and accepted option for presbyopia correction, but this technology does not restore accommodation and induce photic phenomena that in some circumstances might be a serious limitation situation for the patient. With the aim of restoring accommodation and avoid disadvantages of multifocal IOL, accommodative IOL were developed several years ago. Nevertheless, some of the technologies proposed for this type of IOL have not shown to be effective in restoring accommodation. New advances in material and technologies have brought new designs that are in continuous development and may overcome the difficulties observed with previous types of accommodative IOLs.

Therefore, the aim of the present chapter is to provide an updated overview of the different accommodative intraocular lenses that have been developed, and new technologies that are proposed for presbyopia correction and restoring accommodation in patients after cataract surgery.

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Alfredo Vega-Estrada, Jorge L. Alió del Barrio, and Jorge L. Alió declare that they have no conflict of interest. No human or animal studies were carried out by the authors for this article.

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  1. Cornea, Cataract and Refractive Surgery Department, VISSUM, Alicante, Spain

    Alfredo Vega-Estrada

  2. Research & Development Department, VISSUM, Alicante, Spain

    Alfredo Vega-Estrada

  3. Division of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante, Spain

    Alfredo Vega-Estrada

  4. Division of Ophthalmology, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante, Spain

    Jorge L. Alió del Barrio

  5. Department of Cornea, Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Vissum Corporación, Alicante, Spain

    Jorge L. Alió del Barrio

  6. Research & Development Department and Department of Cornea, Cataract, and Refractive Surgery, VISSUM Corporation and Miguel Hernández University, Alicante, Spain

    Jorge L. Alió

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Vega-Estrada, A., Alió del Barrio, J.L., Alió, J.L. (2019). Accommodative Intraocular Lenses. In: Alió, J., Pikkel, J. (eds) Multifocal Intraocular Lenses. Essentials in Ophthalmology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21282-7_28

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