Assertion: intraocular lens | /r/HasProperty | piol
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text: The second type of IOL, more commonly known as a phakic intraocular lens (PIOL), is a lens which is placed over the existing natural lens and is used in refractive surgery to change the eye's optical power as a treatment for myopia (nearsightedness).
text: This type of IOL is also called phakic intraocular lens (PIOL), as it is implantated without removing the patient's natural crystalline lens.