Toric Implantable Contact Lens Provides Alternative to LASIK Surgery
recently placed Iowa's first Visian Toric implantable collamer lens (ICL) manufactured by STAAR Surgical .
- recently placed Iowa's first Visian Toric implantable collamer lens (ICL) manufactured by STAAR Surgical .
- For certain patients, an ICL is considered an alternative to vision correction surgeries such as LASIK, but until this year patients with an astigmatism had fewer options if they found themselves not a candidate for LASIK surgery.
- "While most patients with astigmatism find great results with LASIK surgery, there are a group of patients that have been told they are not a candidate for any vision correction surgery.
- The Visian Toric ICL provides these patients a new option," said Dr. Matthew Rauen.