Multifocal IOLs enabled significantly more patients with mild to moderate glaucoma to be free of spectacles but made no impact on vision-related quality of life vs. monofocal IOLs, according to a study published in Journal of Glaucoma.
“Monofocal intraocular lenses can provide an adequate fixed visual acuity (generally unaided distance vision), but additional spectacles may be required,” Naris Kitnarong, MD, MBA, of Siriraj Hospital at Mahidol University, Bangkok, and colleagues wrote. “Multifocal IOLs [have] been reported to achieve good overall vision (both near and distant) with less