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Multifocal IOL

Case #2: Woman in her 80s from Toshima (shallow anterior chamber: multifocal lens TECNIS Multifocal)

This is an English translation of the original Japanese case report. If the two differ, the Japanese version takes precedence. Visual acuity is shown in decimal notation (1.0 ≈ 20/20).

Change in visual acuity (decimal; corrected values in parentheses)

Right eye: pre-op → post-op
Right eyeDistance: 0.4(0.8)Near: (0.6)Distance: 0.8(1.0)Near: 0.9(0.9)
Left eye: pre-op → post-op
Left eyeDistance: 0.4(1.2)Near: (1.0)Distance: 0.5(1.2)Near: 0.5(0.8)

Besides narrow angles and hyperopic eyes she had corneal astigmatism, and we explained before surgery that not much uncorrected distance vision could be expected with non-toric multifocal intraocular lenses; but after surgery she was satisfied, saying she had no trouble at far or near and no longer needed glasses.

2017.05.24

Patient questionnaire

Answers translated from Japanese.

What was your condition before surgery?

In daily life, putting glasses on and taking them off was inconvenient.

What led you to have surgery?

Because glasses are inconvenient in dance lessons.

Which did you choose, a multifocal lens or a monofocal lens?

Multifocal intraocular lenses, so I could do my dance lessons smoothly.

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