2007-01-17 03:00:24 · 4 answers · asked by sad_sdq 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
I'm wondering if you're really asking, "What is the life expectancy of the lens that's implanted."
The answer is that they don't have good data for that question. Why? The majority of lens implants go into people who are elderly and who die long before the lens implant goes bad.
I had my first lens implant when I was relatively young. It's about 20 years old now. When it was 5 years old, I had to have laser surgery to burn off a protein deposit. That took about 5 minutes. Haven't had any laser since.
2007-01-17 03:09:48 · answer #1 · answered by hawkthree 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The lens implant is an artificial lens. The Dr. uses several tools to determine the lens you need. They have now come out with a bifocal lens. They did not have that when I had my surgery so I have to wear Reading glasses. It is my understanding that once you have a lens implanted it is permanent. If your vision clouds up again they do a lazer surgery to "drill" a hole in the lens which changes the way light gets thru and gives you back your vision.
2007-01-17 11:10:23 · answer #2 · answered by sweet sue 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does it have an age? Is it not a synthetic implant?
2007-01-17 11:08:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know.
2007-01-17 11:07:09 · answer #4 · answered by A Guy in Manhattan, NY 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋