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Multifocal Intraocular Lenses: Considerations in Special Cases

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Multifocal Intraocular Lenses

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Multifocal intraocular lenses may open new horizons of treatment in patients who have special problems. The possibility of gaining good vision in different distances without the need of spectacles or contact lenses might be a solution for many challenging clinical situations. In this chapter, we discuss different clinical situations and the special considerations concerning multifocal intraocular lenses implant in these cases. Among these clinical situations is implanting these lenses in children; glaucoma patients; patients who suffer from maculopathy, amblyopia, dry eye syndrome, and surface diseases; monocular patients; and others. In this chapter, one can find the answer to one of the most important preoperative questions, “should I or shouldn’t I implant a multifocal intraocular lens in this case?”

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Jorge L. Alió and Joseph Pikkel declare that they have no conflict of interest. No human or animal studies were carried out by the authors for this article.

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  1. Research & Development Department and Department of Cornea, Cataract, and Refractive Surgery, VISSUM Corporation and Miguel Hernández University, Alicante, Spain

    Jorge L. Alió

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Assuta Samson Hospital, Ashdod, Israel

    Joseph Pikkel

  3. Ben Gurion University, School of Medicine, Beer-Sheva, Israel

    Joseph Pikkel

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Alió, J.L., Pikkel, J. (2019). Multifocal Intraocular Lenses: Considerations in Special Cases. In: Alió, J., Pikkel, J. (eds) Multifocal Intraocular Lenses. Essentials in Ophthalmology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21282-7_6

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