ataract is successfully treated by replacement of the crystalline lens with an intraocular lens (IOL). Monofocal IOLs are preferably set for far vision and reading glasses are used for near vision. The dependency on glasses after cataract surgery can be eliminated with the help of multifocal IOLs that provide multiple foci and thereby enable functional simultaneous vision at far, intermediate, and near distances. Most designs of multifocal IOLs are diffractive, refractive, or hybrid.
1A rotationally asymmetric refractive multifocal IOL design has gained popularity in the past decade. This design provides two distinct foci with its two definite correcting zones for far and near vision. In general, there is a smooth transition between the two zones. The Lentis Mplus IOL (Oculentis GmbH, Berlin, Germany) is based on this design and has demonstrated good near and distance visual outcomes and good contrast sensitivity.2 The presence of a large magnitude intraocular primary coma has been reported in patients implanted with this multifocal IOL, which is usually attributed to its vertical asymmetric optical geometry. 3,4 In addition, it is believed that the presence of this optical defect allows an extended depth of focus that would grant adequate vision at various distances. On the other hand, it is assumed that this additional coma causes C ABSTRACT PURPOSE: Standard evaluation of aberrations from wavefront slope measurements in patients implanted with a rotationally asymmetric multifocal intraocular lens (IOL), the Lentis Mplus (Oculentis GmbH, Berlin, Germany), results in large magnitude primary vertical coma, which is attributed to the intrinsic IOL design. The new proposed method analyzes aberrometry data, allowing disentangling the IOL power pupillary distribution from the true higher order aberrations of the eye.
METHODS:The new method of wavefront reconstruction uses retinal spots obtained at both the near and far foci. The method was tested using ray tracing optical simulations in a computer eye model virtually implanted with the Lentis Mplus IOL, with a generic cornea or with anterior segment geometry obtained from custom quantitative spectral-domain optical coherence tomography in a real patient. The method was applied to laser ray tracing aberrometry data at near and far fixation obtained in a patient implanted with the Lentis Mplus IOL.
RESULTS:Higher order aberrations evaluated from simulated and real retinal spot diagrams following the new reconstruction approach matched the nominal aberrations (approximately 98%). Previously reported primary vertical coma in patients implanted with this IOL lost significance with the application of the proposed reconstruction.CONCLUSIONS: Custom analysis of ray tracing-based retinal spot diagrams allowed decoupling of the true higher order aberrations of the patient's eye from the power pupillary distribution of a rotationally asymmetric multifocal IOL, therefore providing the appropriate phase map to accurately evaluate through-focus optical quality.[J Refract Surg. 20...