RLE - Refractive Lens Exchange

RLE (CLE) abroad - Refractive Lens Exchange in Prague

Description: RLE or Refractive Lens Exchange, also called CLE or Clear Lens Extraction is non-laser eye surgery during which an optical element (intraocular lens) is permanently implanted in the eye. The intraocular lens replaces the original human lens, the dioptric value of which did not correspond to the dioptric condition of the eye. Refractive lens exchange is suitable for patients over 40 years of age with disorders beyond the scope of laser eye surgery.

The main advantage of RLE is that it is possible to remove any number of diopters through this method.

RLE is also a preventive treatment - patients after refractive lens exchange are no more at risk of cataract and the risk of paroxysmal glaucoma is substantially reduced. Therefore, RLE is an excellent choice for patients in which a high number of diopters is combined with familial predisposition to cataract and glaucoma.

To patients who would also like to get rid of reading glasses, we recommend the PRELEX method, which is refractive lens exchange completed with so-called multifocal intraocular lens implantation.

Duration: Quite painlessly, RLE is performed in the operating theatre of the outpatient clinic and the surgery takes about 15 minutes.

Lenses: Intraocular lenses are produced by Alcon , an American company, and have been approved for use by the European Union and the USFDA.

Results: Our doctors have achieved long-term excellent results with RLE and PRELEX methods.

Consultant surgeon Dr. Kalandova specializes on RLE and PRELEX. She has performed more than 6 thousand eye surgeries. She also specializes on microincison cataract surgery and yellow lens implantation.

One of the founders of the clinic, Dr. Josef Hycl, PhD., started performing this kind of surgery 1993 and he was the first doctor in the Czech Republic to put these methods into medical practice. He defended a scientific dissertation on the subject of RLE and been awarded the PhD. degree.

What is the process of RLE and PRELEX?

Quite painlessly, the RLE and PRELEX are performed in the operating theatre of the outpatient clinic and the surgery takes about 10 minutes. ..

What does RLE stands for?

RLE or refractive lens exchange is non-laser surgery during which an optical element (intraocular lens) is permanently implanted in the eye. The ..

For whom are ICL, RLE and PRELEX suitable?

These are non-laser methods of dealing with refractive defects. ICL or intraocular contact lens is a suitable solution for more serious disorders, ..