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A clinical analysis of best cases four to 12 months postoperatively was made to assess the function of 47 3M multifocal implants, 40 Iolab multifocal implants and 24 AMO multifocal implants. Overall 86 (79%) eyes could see 6/12 and N6 unaided. The multifocal function for each lens worked well for distance, intermediate and near in the majority but an increase in depth of field was at a cost of reduced resolution efficiency. The 3M lens was associated with symptoms of poor optical quality in 29.8% and with an inability to read N5 with correction in 17%. The Iolab lens provided better reading vision but less good distant vision than the other types and was associated with symptoms of poor optical quality in 15%. Many of these had a pupil diameter greater than 3.5 mm. The AMO lens gave a poorer unaided reading vision than the other lens types but had the lowest incidence of optical symptoms.
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Percival, S., Setty, S. Comparative analysis of three prospective trials of multifocal implants. Eye 5, 712–716 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.1991.131
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