Springer Health+ IME: Podcast to Practice
Jul 31, 2026 · 17 min · 10 segments
Sharper Focus: Advancing Surgical Decision-Making With Next-Generation PC-IOLs In this first episode of this series "Presbyopia: Where are we now?", Dr. Jennifer Loh and Dr. Rahul Tonk provide an…
Rahul TonkGuest
Jennifer LohHost
I think that this four-part series is really going to take us through the different parts of presbyopic correcting IOLs, but it would be remiss to not first talk about how impactful presbyopia is in our lives.
So you know presbyopia happens to everyone at a certain age and everyone eventually ultimately has cataract surgery but what's interesting is that only 13 of surgeons routinely offer presbyopia correcting iols despite the evidence of efficacy can you tell us a little bit about this um
yeah it's really interesting that the utilization of presbyopia correcting lenses has lag behind what our patients' perceptions are of what a disease presbyopia is.
And I think that's had to do a lot with the technology and the comfort of delivering good outcomes with that sophisticated technology and the ability of showing the value to patients of utilizing or maybe investing in that technology.
and managing outcomes of patients who maybe need refinement to get the best or the most out of that technology.
So when we have all of those components together, there's a discomfort sometimes amongst surgeons to utilize these.
And what we can do as surgeons is meet the demand or the goals that patients have to correct what they see as a disease in some cases.
I think that this four-part series is really going to take us through the different parts of presbyopic correcting IOLs, but it would be remiss to not first talk about how impactful presbyopia is in our lives.
So you know presbyopia happens to everyone at a certain age and everyone eventually ultimately has cataract surgery but what's interesting is that only 13 of surgeons routinely offer presbyopia correcting iols despite the evidence of efficacy can you tell us a little bit about this um
yeah it's really interesting that the utilization of presbyopia correcting lenses has lag behind what our patients' perceptions are of what a disease presbyopia is.
And I think that's had to do a lot with the technology and the comfort of delivering good outcomes with that sophisticated technology and the ability of showing the value to patients of utilizing or maybe investing in that technology.
and managing outcomes of patients who maybe need refinement to get the best or the most out of that technology.
So when we have all of those components together, there's a discomfort sometimes amongst surgeons to utilize these.
And what we can do as surgeons is meet the demand or the goals that patients have to correct what they see as a disease in some cases.
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