Effect of residual sphere on uncorrected visual acuity and satisfaction in patients with monofocal and multifocal intraocular lenses.

J Cataract Refract Surg

From the Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California (S.C. Schallhorn, J.M. Schallhorn); Optical Express, Glasgow, United Kingdom (S.C. Schallhorn, Hettinger, Hannan, Venter, Teenan); Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc., Dublin, California (S.C. Schallhorn); F.I. Proctor Foundation, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California (J.M. Schallhorn).

Published: June 2024

Purpose: To assess the effect of residual sphere on vision and satisfaction in pseudophakic patients.

Setting: Private clinics, United Kingdom.

Design: Retrospective case series.

Methods: A multivariate model evaluated the effect of 1-month residual sphere on outcomes of pseudophakic patients. Odds ratios (ORs) were calculated to assess the relative risk of not achieving ≥20/20 monocular uncorrected distance visual acuity (UDVA), ≥20/50 uncorrected near visual acuity (UNVA), and not being satisfied with vision. ORs were assessed for residual sphere -1.00 to +1.00 diopter (D) in quarter-diopter steps, using 0.00 D as a reference.

Results: The analysis included 38 828 multifocal and 11 571 monofocal intraocular lenses (IOLs). The residual myopic sphere ≤-0.25 D and hyperopic sphere ≥+0.50 D had a clinically meaningful effect on UDVA. Although monofocal IOLs had an improvement in UNVA with every additional 0.25 D of myopia, the change in ORs with increasing myopia was not significant for multifocal IOLs. The mean improvement in UNVA comparing eyes with 0.00 D and -1.00 D sphere was 0.26 logMAR for monofocal and 0.03 logMAR for multifocal IOLs. Low near-addition IOLs had a slightly higher gain in UNVA with increasing myopia, but the gain was not as substantial as with monofocal IOLs. The effect of ametropia on satisfaction was more pronounced for multifocal IOLs. For every 0.25 D of residual myopia, there was >25% increase in dissatisfied patients.

Conclusions: Although myopia improved UNVA in eyes with monofocal IOL, multifocal IOLs did not benefit from residual myopia. Multifocal IOL patients desiring distance vision should be targeted closest to emmetropia, even if it means targeting slight hyperopia.

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