European multicenter study of the AcrySof ReSTOR apodized diffractive intraocular lens.

Objective: To report the safety and effectiveness of the AcrySof ReSTOR apodized diffractive intraocular lens (IOL), model MA60D3, when implanted into the capsular bag.

Design: Multicenter European study including university clinics, eye hospitals, and private ophthalmic surgical centers.

Participants: One hundred twenty-seven subjects implanted in cataractous eyes in an open multicenter study.

[Artificial lens implantation after intracapsular extraction (author's transl)].

Results and complications following lens implants after intracapsular extraction in 226 patients are reported. Visual acuity greater than 5/10 was regained in 80 p. cent of the cases.