Typical of life’s ironies is that within a day or so of my last post (stating nothing much was going on with advanced IOLs in the US) the FDA would finally approve the higher power toric IOLs from Alcon. What this means is that US patients with higher astigmatism can now have that corrected with an IOL at the same time as cataract surgery. These newer IOL models will correct astigmatism ranging from 2.5-4D (prior models corrected up to two...

Topcon has announced its newest lens: the LENTIS Mplustoric intraocular lens (IOL). This lens corrects both astigmatism and presbyopia. Although designated as a multifocal IOL, the LENTIS Mplus platform uses a sector shaped add segment (similar to what is used in spectacles) rather than a concentric ring pattern (as used in all US multifocal IOLs). Unfortunately for my US readers, this lens is currently available only in Europe. As even the...