FAQ

FAQ: non-laser treatments

• What is intraocular contact lens?

  ICL - intraocular contact lens is an optical element similar to contact lens; it is permanently implanted behind the iris. It does not require any maintenance or exchange.
  ICL is a suitable solution for more serious disorders, both plus and minus ones. The advantage is to change the lens in case the disorder progresses. The intraocular lens has excellent optical characteristics.
  Quite painlessly, the intraocular contact lens is implanted in the operating theatre of the outpatient clinic and the surgery takes about 10 minutes.
  ICL is produced by STAAR, a Swiss company, and has been approved for use by the European Union and the USFDA. It is also referred to as Visian ICL in some countries.
  ICL is suitable for patients younger than 40 years of age. RLE and PRELEX methods are more suitable for people over 40 and older.

• What is ICL?

  ICL - intraocular contact lens is an optical element similar to contact lens; it is permanently implanted behind the iris. It does not require any maintenance or exchange.
  ICL is a suitable solution for more serious disorders, both plus and minus ones. The advantage is to change the lens in case the disorder progresses. The intraocular lens has excellent optical characteristics.
  Quite painlessly, the intraocular contact lens is implanted in the operating theatre of the outpatient clinic and the surgery takes about 10 minutes.
  ICL is produced by STAAR, a Swiss company, and has been approved for use by the European Union and the USFDA. It is also referred to as Visian ICL in some countries.
  ICL is suitable for patients younger than 40 years of age. RLE and PRELEX methods are more suitable for people over 40 and older.

• What is the process of intraocular contact lens (ICL) implantation?

  Quite painlessly, the intraocular contact lens is implanted in the operating theatre of the outpatient clinic and the surgery takes about 10 minutes.
  After all necessary administrative issues are dealt with at the reception desk, you will be seated in a comfortable seat where the eye will get totally insensitive with anaesthetic drops within approximately 30 minutes. The pupil of the eye operated on is dilated with drops.
  This is followed by an interview with the doctor and then by the actual surgery.
  The surgery takes place in lying position on a comfortable ergonomic couch.
  You don´t need to worry about how you will manage not to blink for the whole surgery.
  Your eyelids will be gently held by a flexible device.
  The actual surgery takes 5 to 7 minutes.
  In 2 hours after the surgery, the doctor will check the condition of the eye operated on instruct you about what to do in the following hours and days.
  On the day of surgery, you will spend the total of 3 to 5 hours at the clinic

• What is the process of RLE and PRELEX?

  Quite painlessly, the RLE and PRELEX are performed in the operating theatre of the outpatient clinic and the surgery takes about 10 minutes.
  After all necessary administrative issues are dealt with at the reception desk, you will be seated in a comfortable seat where the eye will get totally insensitive with anaesthetic drops within approximately 30 minutes. The pupil of the eye operated on is dilated with drops.
  This is followed by an interview with the doctor and then by the actual surgery. The surgery takes place in lying position on a comfortable couch. You don´t need to worry about how you will manage not to blink for the whole surgery.
  Your eyelids will be gently held by a flexible device. The actual surgery takes 7 to 15 minutes.
  The nurse will put a plaster over your eye at the end of the surgery. You can leave home immediately after a short rest in the comfortable armchair. Before you leave, our employees will instruct you what to do in the following hours and days.
  On the day of surgery, you will spend the total of 1 to 2 hours at the clinic.

• What does RLE stands for?

  RLE or refractive lens exchange is non-laser surgery during which an optical element (intraocular lens) is permanently implanted in the eye. The intraocular lens replaces the original human lens, the dioptric value of which did not correspond to the dioptric condition of the eye.
  Refractive lens exchange is suitable for patients over 40 years of age with disorders beyond the scope of laser surgery.
  Intraocular lenses are produced by Alcon, an American company, and have been approved for use by the European Union and the US FDA. The main advantage of RLE is that it is possible to remove any number of diopters through this method.
  RLE is also a preventive treatment - patients after refractive lens exchange are not at risk of cataract and the risk of paroxysmal glaucoma is substantially reduced. Therefore, RLE is an excellent choice for patients in which a high number of diopters is combined with familial predisposition to cataract and glaucoma.
  To patients who would also like to get rid of reading glasses, we recommend the PRELEX method, which is refractive lens exchange completed with so-called multifocal intraocular lens implantation.
  NeoVize Eye Clinic doctors have achieved long-term excellent results with RLE and PRELEX methods. The medical director of the Clinic, MUDr. Josef Hycl, CSc., has been doing the surgery since 1993 and he was the first doctor in the Czech Republic to put these methods into medical practice. He has defended a scientific dissertation on the subject of RLE and been awarded the CSc. degree.

• What does PRELEX stand for?

  PRELEX is the abbreviation of presbyopic lens exchange
  It is a non-laser method that we use in patients who refuse to put up with having to use reading glasses.

• I´m over 40 and would like to get rid of reading glasses in particular. Will laser surgery help me?

  If you are over 40 and would like to get rid of reading glasses in particular, non-laser PRELEX-type surgery is the most suitable solution for you.
  If you are over 40 but your main problem is seeing in the distance, laser surgery may be suitable for you as well.
  Is it too complicated for you? Arrange an initial examination. We will explain everything to you and find the best solution for your eyes.

• For whom are ICL, RLE and PRELEX suitable?

  These are non-laser methods of dealing with refractive defects.
  ICL or intraocular contact lens is a suitable solution for more serious disorders, both plus and minus ones, in patients younger than 40 years of age.
  RLE or refractive lens exchange is suitable for patients over 40 years of age with disorders beyond the scope of laser surgery.
  PRELEX is a method suitable for patients over 40 years of age who would like to see in the distance as well as to see up close without the necessity of using glasses. It is based on the permanent implantation of a multifocal intraocular lense.
  Is it too complicated for you? Arrange an initial examination. We will explain everything to you and find the best solution for your eyes.