Presbyopia-Correcting IOLs: Which patients are choosing them?

David Pernelli, M.D., practices in blue collar Vineland, New Jersey, which is located in Cumberland County, the poorest county in the state. Yet 20%-30% of his cataract surgery patients are choosing to share the significant cost of having presbyopia-correcting lenses implanted. That compares to the results of a national survey taken by the industry newsletter MarketScope, in which the consensus of surgeons was that about 16% of their cataract patients would opt to pay $2,000 an eye for these premium IOLs in 2006.