This article is more than 5 years old. Information may no longer be current.
Researchers report good 3-year results for multifocal diffractive IOL
Click Here to Manage Email Alerts
Implanting a multifocal apodized diffractive IOL can offer cataract surgery patients improved long-term distance and near visual acuity with minimal visual disturbances, reduced spectacle dependence and high patient satisfaction, a prospective study found.
Niels E. de Vries, MD, and colleagues evaluated 3-year visual outcomes, patient satisfaction and the incidence of posterior capsule opacification among 44 eyes of 22 patients implanted with the AcrySof ReSTOR model SA60D3 IOL (Alcon). The study results were published in the September issue of Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery.
The researchers found that logMAR uncorrected distance visual acuity averaged 0.046 at 6 months and 0.115 at 3 years; logMAR best corrected distance visual acuity averaged –0.040 at 6 months and –0.018 at 3 years.
Binocular uncorrected and best corrected near acuities averaged 0.009 at 6 months and 0.014 at 3 years, the authors noted.
"On a quality-of-life questionnaire, patients reported good distance, intermediate and near acuity without complaints of severe glare or halos," the authors said.
At 6 months, 83.7% of patients had achieved complete spectacle independence for distance vision and 81.9% of patients had achieved complete spectacle independence for near vision.
At 3 years, 85% of patients had achieved complete spectacle independence for distance vision and 75% had achieved complete spectacle independence for near vision, according to the study.