title: Visual results following implantation of a refractive multifocal IOL in one eye and a diffractive multifocal IOL in the contralateral eye.
abstract: To assess binocular visual results in patients who were scheduled to undergo cataract/refractive lens exchange with multifocal IOL implantation using a "mix & match" approach.
  
  
  
  This prospective study enrolled 40 eyes of 20 patients aged between 44 and 78 years (median age = 58.1 years) implanted with a refractive multifocal IOL (ReZoom) in their dominant eye and a diffractive multifocal IOL (Tecnis) in their non-dominant eye. Near, intermediate, and distance vision were assessed at 2 months following implantation. Patients underwent refractive lens exchange or cataract surgery in the dominant eye first, followed by the non-dominant eye 1 to 2 weeks later. Emmetropia was the goal for all surgeries.
  
  
  
  Preoperatively, the mean spherical equivalent refraction was +2.019 +/- 1.417 diopters (D) (median: +2.063 D). The mean binocular distance decimal visual acuity was 1.06 +/- 0.60 D, the mean binocular intermediate decimal visual acuity was 0.50 +/- 0.90 D, and the mean binocular near decimal visual acuity was 1.10 +/- 0.40 D.
  
  
  
  Preliminary visual outcomes in this series of patients indicate good results at all distances.
authors.affiliation: Goes Eye Centre, W Klooslaan 6, B-2050 Antwerp, Belgium. frank@goes.be
authors.forename: Frank Joseph
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Goes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018918:Phacoemulsification; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D019591:Pseudophakia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012029:Refraction, Ocular / Q000502:physiology*; D015348:Vision, Binocular / Q000502:physiology*; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology*