Tecnis IOL

[margareta]

Dr. Hagan has suggested an aspheric Tecnis IOL and I want to follow his suggestion but my eye surgeon does not place Tecnis.   Does Dr. Hagan suggest I find an MD who does (which is about 25 miles away) or can he suggest other brands?

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

I agree as long at the surgeon isn't trying to put a ReZoom multifocal IOL in your eye I would trust a good surgeon's judgment.  Alcon makes a good aspheric IOL.  I also trust Dr. Kutrys's experience with B and L.

JCH MD

[JodieJ]

I also wanted a Tecnis IOL after watching their great patient education video (www tecnisiol com).  But the surgeons in my area all seemed to use Alcon IOLs exclusively.  So I got Alcon's aspheric monofocal IOL instead (the AcrySof IQ), and my results were excellent.  I really don't think I would have done better with AMO's Tecnis.  (Bausch & Lomb also makes an aspheric monofocal lens, which Dr. Kutryb highly recommends.)

My advice:  go with the best surgeon; the brand of IOL is secondary.