LAL surgery is 'breakthrough'

The first ever light adjustable lens (LAL) implant surgery in the UK has been performed at the London Eye Hospital.

Hailed by its manufacturer as the biggest breakthrough in lens implant technology since the first implant 60 years ago, the lens can be adjusted post surgery by the non-invasive application of ultraviolet light controlled by computer. Manufacturer Calhoun Vision said the lens adjustment was so precise it could correct vision to 20/20.

NHS consultant ophthalmic surgeon Bobby Qureshi, medical director of the London Eye Hospital, who carried out the procedure said: 'We have the potential here to change patients' vision to how it was when they were young.'