Clinical Ophthalmology (Sep 2020)

Visual Acuity, Defocus Curve, Reading Speed and Patient Satisfaction with a Combined Extended Depth of Focus Intraocular Lens and Multifocal Intraocular Lens Modality

  • Sandoval HP,
  • Potvin R,
  • Solomon KD

Journal volume & issue
Vol. Volume 14
pp. 2667 – 2677

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Helga P Sandoval,1 Richard Potvin,2 Kerry D Solomon1 1Carolina Eyecare Physicians, LLC, Mt. Pleasant, SC, USA; 2Science in Vision, Bend, OR, USACorrespondence: Kerry D SolomonCarolina Eyecare Physicians, LLC, 1101 Clarity Road, Suite 100, Mt Pleasant, SC 29464, USAEmail [email protected]: To evaluate the vision, defocus curve, reading speed and patient satisfaction after implantation of an extended depth of focus (EDOF) IOL in one eye and a diffractive multifocal in the fellow eye.Setting: One clinical practice in the USA.Design: Prospective unmasked non-randomized clinical trial.Methods: Subjects presenting for routine cataract surgery interested in reducing their dependence on spectacles were enrolled. Study endpoints included uncorrected and distance-corrected binocular distance (4 m), intermediate (66 cm) and near (40 cm) visual acuity at 3 months. Additional endpoints included the residual refraction, spectacle independence, overall satisfaction with vision, visual symptoms, reading speed and defocus curve.Results: With a best distance correction, 77% (30/39) of subjects had 20/25 or better VA at distance, intermediate and near and nearly all subjects had 20/32 or better VA at all three distances. Defocus curve results showed mean continuous vision of 20/25 or better from plano to − 2.50 D. Nearly 80% (31/39) of subjects had 20/25 visual acuity from 0.00 D to − 2.50 D. The critical print size was between 0.3 and 0.4 logMAR (20/40 to 20/50 Snellen Equivalent). Spectacle independence was 100% at distance, 95% at intermediate and approximately 70% at near. The percentage of subjects who were “not at all” or “slightly” bothered by visual disturbances ranged from 64% (16/25) for Halos to 88% (22/25) for Starbursts.Conclusions: EDOF/bifocal IOL blended implantation results in at least 20/25 mean visual acuity from distance to near with good spectacle independence and low reports of severe visual disturbances.Keywords: extended depth of focus, EDOF, blended, presbyopia correction

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