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Hyperopes prefer multifocal IOLs more than myopes, study finds

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ORLANDO, Fla. — Hyperopic patients tended to be more satisfied with multifocal lens implantation than myopes, according to a poster presentation here at the International Society of Refractive Surgery meeting.

Gerd Auffarth, MD, and colleagues treated nine hyperopic patients with presbyopic refractive lens exchange, or PRELEX, with implantation of an AMO Array SA40N multifocal IOL. Preoperative refraction ranged from +3.5 D to +8.25 D. Results were compared with a group of myopes whose refractions ranged from –3.5 D to –7.5 D.

The hyperopic group had a mean postop refraction of +0.4 D, with uncorrected near acuity of 0.4. The myopic group had a mean uncorrected distance acuity of 0.4 D on the first postop day. After 6 months, distance acuity improved in both groups to 0.7. Near acuity remained stable in the range of 0.4 to 0.5.