Evaluation of visual performance and patient satisfaction with pseudophakic monovision technique.

Purpose: To evaluate the distance, intermediate and near visual acuity of patients with bilateral cataract operated on both eyes corrected for distance in one eye and for near in the fellow eye, as well as, their stereo acuity and their general satisfaction.

Settings: Hospital de Olhos de São Paulo and Complexo Hospitalar Padre Bento - Guarulhos - São Paulo - Brazil.

Methods: This is a prospective study of 76 eyes of 38 patients with bilateral cataract aiming to become spectacle free after surgery.

[Fidelity of the potential acuity meter in the postoperative visual acuity of cataract surgery].

Purpose: To evaluate the correlation between the preoperative visual acuity (VA) obtained by the potential acuity meter (PAM) and the postoperative VA in a patient submitted to cataract surgery, as well as its correlation with the dominant morphologic classification of the cataract.

Methods: This is a prospective study performed at the Hospital Monumento Study Center. Sixty-three eyes of 45 patients submitted to phacoemulsification with intraocular lens implantation were enrolled in this study and 1 eye had been excluded.