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Dual-optic accommodative IOL shows good functional results, surgeon says

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SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Early experience with a dual-optic accommodative IOL shows “good functional results and reliable refractive outcome,” according to a researcher speaking here at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting.

Gerd Auffarth, MD, presented results of 1- to 2-month follow-up in six patients who were implanted with the dual-optic Synchrony IOL from Visiogen. The capsulorrhexis size in each eye was less than 5 mm.

Results showed a mean uncorrected distance acuity of 0.61 ±0.36 (range 0.2 to 1.0) and a mean best corrected distance acuity of 0.97 ±0.36 (range 0.4 to 1.6). The distance-corrected near acuity was an average of 0.37 ±0.15 (range 0.2 to 0.6), according to Dr. Auffarth.

“A dual-optic system may have more accommodative power” than a single-optic lens, he said.