Calcification of IOLs

I am scheduled for cataract surgery next week.  My doctor uses the Akreos aspheric  lenses, which are hydrophilic acrylic.  

I have come across articles about IOL calcification in hydrophilic acrylic lenses.

Does calcification cause significant problems?  Has this problem been mitigated in the latest generation of the Akreos?  Which lenses would be safer?  Tecnis, maybe??  

I can’t find much recent documentation.  Can anyone tell me what is the latest research on this issue?  I wonder what the current odds are that this would happen, or if it is not worth worrying about.

[Ray T Oyakawa, MD]

The company claims these do not calcify. We do not have enough experience in this country.  I am told there are not calcification problems in Europe with these lenses.

Dr. O.

[Glad4Help]

Thanks for your input, Dr. O.