Cataract Surgery

[HarryHawk]

Anyone have cataract surgery using Symfony Multifocal lenses? How do you like them.

I'm getting ready to have my eyes done, debating on going with a standard lens or a multifocal. The multifocal sound good, maybe too good to be true.

Multifocals aren't cheap, so I was originally thinking about going with the standard lenses, but the more I thought about it, if they perform well, they would be worth it.

 

[braumeister]

Much comment here is available with the Search function, but you should at least read this thread:

Looking for Feedback - Symfony Lens for Cataract IOL

 

[Bamaman]

I went with the standard lenses. Wish I'd gone with the optional multifocals.

I see great--except up close--the closest 2'. The fonts on many household products are micro and I need my glasses and a magnifying glass to read them. What's difficult is finding my glasses.

 

[OldShooter]

You made me curious enough to research a little, though I already have standard lenses. The Symfony is frequently referred to as a "new" lens and one reference I found said it was introduced sometime in the two years up to December '21.

My policy is that I want to know that tens of thousands of people have preceded me in testing any wonderful new idea. Wooden basement foundations, for example. New medical devices for another. So I would probably avoid these.

From a career in high tech I know that it is the guys out front who have the arrows in their chests. YMMV, of course.

 

[HarryHawk]

I agree with not necessarily being in the beta testing for new "improvements" when it comes to routine healthcare.

Looks like they were approved in 2016

https://abbott.mediaroom.com/2016-07-15-FDA-Approves-the-Tecnis-Symfony-Intraocular-Lenses-the-First-and-Only-Extended-Depth-of-Focus-Lenses-for-People-with-Cataracts

ABBOTT PARK, Ill., July 15, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Tecnis Symfony® Intraocular Lenses for the treatment of cataracts. The first in a new category of intraocular lenses (IOLs), the Tecnis Symfony lenses are the only lenses in the United States that provide a full range of continuous high-quality vision following cataract surgery, while also mitigating the effects of presbyopia by helping people focus on near objects. The FDA approval includes a version of the lens for people with astigmatism, the Tecnis Symfony Toric IOL.

I saw one clinic claiming over 20,000 implants as of 2018.

 

[mn54]

I had the symfony MF lens in one eye and the synergy EDOF lens in the other eye. definitely glad I went with the "premium" lenses instead of the monofocal lenses. only need reading glasses for very small print. can see my phone and read the paper fine w/o reading glasses. very good distance and intermediate vision. had the surgery 1 year ago. although the symfony lens was only approved in the USA about 2 years ago it had been used in Europe before that.