Blue Light Filtering IOLs and Ocular Health
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Blue Light Filtering IOLs and Ocular Health
- Author:
Anna Katarzyna Talaga, Xiaolin Gu
Most modern IOLs block UV light and these lenses have been widely adopted. More recently, IOLs containing a yellow chromophore that filters blue light have been developed to protect from the potentially harmful effects of HELV and blue light. Given all the evidence showing that blue light damages photoreceptors and RPE cells, blue light filtering IOLs were designed to mimic the adult crystalline lens.
