Patients who had cataracts removed or eyesight corrected with a new type of lens have good vision over all distances

Medical Xpress / 43rd Congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons ^ | Sept. 14, 2025 | Professor Oliver Findl et al

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Patients who have a new type of lens implanted in their eyes during surgery for cataracts or to correct their eyesight have excellent or good vision over distances both near and far, and often no longer need spectacles for reading.

Research presented evaluated outcomes for around 200 patients in 17 sites in Europe and Asia-Pacific who had surgery to implant the TECNIS PureSEE.

Data were available for 238 patients at the time of the Congress, making it one of the biggest studies to report on this type of lens so far. The findings showed that the EDF presbyopia correction IOL, on average, provided excellent distance, very good intermediate, and functional near vision without glasses, with little refractive error.

Nearly all patients (96%) reported needing glasses 'none' or 'a little of the time' for distance vision; 93% reported this for intermediate distances, 62% for near distances, and 85% for overall vision.

He said, "The PureSee EDF IOL gave patients excellent distance, very good intermediate and functional near vision, which resulted in high patient satisfaction with less need for spectacles.

To enable a patient to see objects both near and far, their surgeon may offer them a choice of lenses, such as: Monofocal lens Multifocal lens Extended depth of field (EDF) lens

"The difference between some of these lenses and the EDF presbyopia correction IOL that we used in this study is that it is a fully 'refractive' IOL, meaning it uses variations in the lens curvature to focus light at a single distance. The surface of the lens is smooth and you don't see bumps or rings," said Prof. Findl.

"This means you have better night vision and don't see halos, starbursts, glare and other visual disturbances that can occur with other lenses."

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: cataracts; correction; eyes; surgery; technispuresee; vision

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