title: Visual and optical performance with hybrid multifocal intraocular lenses.
abstract: During the past years, the wish to become independent of spectacles has been growing among cataract and presbyopic patients due to many factors, such as the increase in near visual demands, the aesthetic need for a spectacle-free image and ageing of refractive surgery patients, among others. This review assesses recently published studies that analyse visual and optical performance through different metrics of eyes implanted with multifocal intraocular lenses (IOLs), particularly hybrid IOL designs. The published evidence suggests that hybrid multifocal IOLs provide very good outcomes in a number of visual and optical performance parameters. Patients implanted with this type of IOL obtain a satisfactory full range of visual functions, including patients of particular characteristics such as highly ametropic or post-LASIK.
authors.affiliation: Optics and Optometry Department, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Spain Optics Department, University of Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Madrid-Costa
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cerviño
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ferrer-Blasco
authors.forename: Santiago
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: García-Lázaro
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Montés-Micó
mesh_terms: D057128:Aberrometry; D015350:Contrast Sensitivity; D003867:Depth Perception; D004867:Equipment Design; D019466:Glare; D006801:Humans; D020731:Keratomileusis, Laser In Situ; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular / Q000592:standards; D011184:Postoperative Period; D012030:Refractive Errors / Q000503:physiopathology; D014792:Visual Acuity