Clear Lens Exchange as a Refractive Surgery
Kurt Buzard MD FACS
Clinical Assistant Professor
Tulane University Medical School
University of Nevada Medical School
Buzard Eye Institute
Las Vegas Nevada
Distance Uncorrected Vision

Results
- 5.6% lens exchange
- 40% slit lamp astigmatic corrections
- Patients with poorer vision either converted to monovision or were
- amblyopic preop
Summary
- Lens exchange is a safe and effective treatment for refractive disorders
- Particularly effective for hyperopia with none of the glare, drift or
inaccuracy encountered in corneal hyperopic operations
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