Clear Lens Extraction, or CLE, is an outpatient procedure designed to reduce or eliminate the need for distance glasses or contact lenses. In suitable patients it can treat a wide range of near or farsightedness. A lot of the patients found unsuitable for Laser Eye Surgery can be treated with this technique.

Unlike other refractive procedures (that change the shape of the cornea), CLE corrects your vision by removing the crystalline lens in the eye and replacing it with a new artificial lens of an appropriate focusing power.

This procedure is virtually the same as a cataract extraction, except that it is performed on a normal clear lens for the benefit of vision correction. The lens of the eye is simply exchanged with an artificial lens of appropriate focusing power, to correct any short or long sightedness.

This procedure is performed in the main operating theatre with ‘ultra clean’ airflow system .It literally takes just a few minutes to complete. Once the procedure has been performed, you are able to go home. Most cases require 2 follow up visits and some more. Unless a multi focal or an accommodative implant is used, patients would require reading spectacles.

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Although this site offers an overview of a number of treatments to correct vision, the information presented here is merely a beginning. We frequently have patients come in to speak with us, that have already decided which treatment they would like, only to learn that we offer other, more suitable procedures, that will deliver better results for them. At Birkdale Pure-sight, we believe all patients should be receive a comprehensive assessment of their vision and eye health. By doing this, we can offer the most appropriate form of vision correction procedure to suit you.