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Presbyopia Correction
Many
physicians are implanting presbyopia-
correcting IOLs, however, often patients have
increased expectations for a full range of vision post
cataract surgery. Several clinical and practice barriers
must be overcome for successful implementation and
optimal patient outcomes.
44% of ASCRS members believe that 0.75 D or more of
residual cylinder does not have a significant impact on vi-
sual quality. However, 42% of ASCRS members re-
sponded that they do not use LVC to correct this error.
ASCRS members demonstrated that, on average,
presbyopia-correcting IOL patients were less satisfied
with intermediate vision versus near and distance vision.
Although cost to the patient was stated as the biggest
barrier to converting more patients to presbyopia-
correcting IOLs, 40% of members believe that more
than 5% of these patients have significant dysphotopsia.
