FAQs / Have You Formed Any Opinion on the Newly Approved Symfony IOL Yet?

QUESTION:

Don’t know if anyone has asked you already, but have you formed any opinion on the newly approved Symfony IOL yet?

Thanks.

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ANSWER:

Hello Y*****,

I’ve personally not found a reason to use the Symfony IOL. If my patients desire an “extended range” of vision then I offer the Staar nanoFLEX which can provide that without the rings associated with multifocals or the Symfony IOL. For those who I believe will tolerate some rings at night I generally recommend the AMO multifocal IOLs. Time will tell whether the Symfony IOL is anything other than a multifocal IOL with less range and fewer rings around lights than prior IOLs. For now I’m essentially watching from the sidelines.

Warm regards,
David Richardson, MD
Patient-Focused Ophthalmologist

San Marino Eye
2020 Huntington Drive
San Marino, CA 91108
626.289.7856

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