Verisyse

Dr. Assil has implanted thousands of intraocular lenses, including several hundred Verisyse Intraocular Lenses for patients enrolled in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Clinical Investigation - more than any other surgeon in the United States.

Verisyse™ Phakic IOL

The Verisyse™ Phakic IOL is used to treat people with severe myopia and hyperopia; whose prescriptions generally fall beyond the parameters that LASIK can treat. With over 18 years of use and 150,000 procedures performed worldwide, results prove that the Verisyse™ design is safe and effective.

How Verisyse™ Works

The procedure involves placing the Verisyse™ Phakic IOL (intra-ocular lens) in the anterior chamber which is an empty space between the iris and the cornea. This gives your eye another focusing lens (like a permanent contact lens) that provides high-quality, high-definition vision like a normal eye. Although the Verisyse™ Phakic IOL is intended to be permanent, the lens can be removed if future technologies become available.

The word “phakic” means that your natural crystalline lens is left inside your eye. This is important because your natural lens plays an important role in helping your eye zoom (adjust between seeing objects that are near and far).

About the Verisyse™ Procedure

Implanting the Verisyse™ Phakic IOL is an outpatient procedure that takes approximately 15 minutes per eye. Both eyes may be done on the same day.

Dr. Assil will use an instrument to comfortably hold your eyelid open during the procedure so you don’t have to worry about blinking.

Drops are given to anesthetize the eye, so the procedure is painless.

A tiny incision is made in the cornea for the insertion of The Verisyse™ lens.

The Verisyse™ lens is centered in front of the pupil (the black hole in the center of your eye).

Visual recovery is almost immediate. You are typically able to drive and do most of your daily activities the very next day.