title: Contrast visual acuities in cataract patients. II. After IOL implantation.
abstract: Contrast visual acuities were measured in 100 eyes of 75 patients who attained a best-corrected visual acuity of greater than or equal to 0.8 (20/25) after intraocular lens (IOL) implantation. The variable contrast visual acuity chart (VCVAC), with three contrast levels of 90, 15, and 2.5% and reverse polarity of 90% contrast, was used to measure contrast visual acuities. The follow-up period ranged from 3 to 35 months (mean 7.41). The mean visual acuities measured with the 90, 15, and 2.5% charts were 0.92 (SD = 0.11), 0.59 (SD = 0.13), and 0.33 (SD = 0.14), respectively. The mean visual acuity measured with the 90% reverse polarity chart was 0.97 (SD = 0.11). The decreases in visual acuities compared with the 90% contrast were 0.64 and 1.48 octaves in the 15% and the 2.5% contrast charts, respectively. The pattern of the contrast acuity profile was comparable to normal subjects, but in 28 of 100 (28%) eyes, the visual acuities measured with the reverse polarity chart were slightly better than those measured with the standard 90% contrast chart, suggesting that the glare effect still exists after IOL implantation, though to a lesser degree than in cataractous eyes.
authors.affiliation: National Saitama Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miyajima
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Katsumi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Guang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002386:Cataract / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D015350:Contrast Sensitivity / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology*