If you have been diagnosed with cataracts, now may be a good time to consider the opportunities available to you through a Refractive Lens Exchange.

Standard cataract surgery involves replacing the affected natural crystalline lens with a monofocal implant. With modern advances in lens technology it is possible to substitute these monofocal lenses with one of a range of clever implants that are able to address all of the most common problems we have with our eyesight:

	•	the cataract
	•	presbyopia - age related focusing issues that commonly affect our ability to read
	•	a refractive error - short or long-sightedness and/or astigmatism

Many patients who elect to have one of these lenses find they have no need for any glasses or contact lenses - not even for reading!

This procedure has a number of names:

	•	Refractive Lens Exchange (RLE)
	•	Added Value Cataract Surgery
	•	Presbyopia Lens Exchange (PRELEX)
	•	Multifocal Lens Implant