A comparative study of the visual outcomes between a new trifocal and an extended depth of focus intraocular lens.
Ruiz-Mesa, Ramon; Abengozar-Vela, Antonio; Ruiz-Santos, Maria
[Article]
European Journal of Ophthalmology.
28(2):182-187, March 2018.
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Purpose: To evaluate and compare the visual outcomes and ocular optical performance of the PanOptix trifocal intraocular lens (IOL) and Symfony extended range of vision IOL.
Methods: Sixty-eight eyes of 34 patients were divided into 2 groups: 20 patients with the PanOptix IOL and 14 patients with the Symfony IOL. Binocular uncorrected distance visual acuity, best-corrected distance visual acuity (BCDVA), distance-corrected intermediate visual acuity (DCIVA) at 80 and 60 cm, and distance-corrected near visual acuity (DCNVA) at 40 cm were evaluated. Additionally, preferred reading distance with best-corrected distance and visual acuity at that distance, binocular defocus curves, mesopic and photopic contrast sensitivity, photic phenomena, and monocular total higher order aberrations (HOAs) were also measured.
Results: The visual outcomes for PanOptix and Symfony IOL groups, respectively, were as follows: BCDVA: -0.03 /- 0.03 and -0.02 /- 0.03 logMAR; DCIVA at 80 cm: 0.06 /- 0.06 and 0.06 /- 0.04 logMAR; DCIVA at 60 cm: 0.06 /- 0.10 and 0.05 /- 0.04 logMAR; DCNVA: 0.04 /- 0.06 and 0.20 /- 0.07 logMAR (p<0.001). Similar preferred reading distances were found for both groups (37.0 /- 4.6 and 38.9 /- 5.7 cm, respectively). The visual acuities at those distances were 0.09 /- 0.08 and 0.19 /- 0.08 logMAR (p<0.001), respectively. The defocus curves showed significantly better outcomes for the PanOptix IOL from -2.0 to -4.0 D (p<0.001). No significant differences were found for contrast sensitivity, halometry, or HOAs between the groups.
Conclusions: The PanOptix and Symfony IOLs showed comparable visual performance at distance and intermediate. However, the PanOptix IOL provided better near and preferred reading distance VAs and showed a more continuous range of vision than the Symfony IOL.
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