Key takeaways:

Significantly more patients with multifocal IOLs were spectacle-free for near tasks than those with monofocal IOLs.

Best corrected visual acuity and vision-related quality of life were similar.

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 a

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