In vivo subjective and objective longitudinal chromatic aberration after bilateral implantation of the same design of hydrophobic and hydrophilic intraocular lenses. Issue 10 (October 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Vinas, Maria; Dorronsoro, Carlos; Garzón, Nuria; Poyales, Francisco; Marcos, Susana
• Is Part Of: Journal of cataract and refractive surgery. Volume 41:Issue 10(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-10
• Subjects: 617.7
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2015.11.009
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0886-3350

Abstract

Abstract : Purpose : To measure the longitudinal chromatic aberration in vivo using psychophysical and wavefront‐sensing methods in patients with bilateral implantation of monofocal intraocular lenses (IOLs) of similar aspheric design but different materials (hydrophobic Podeye and hydrophilic Poday). Setting : Instituto de Optica, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid, Spain. Design : Prospective observational study. Methods : Measurements were performed with the use of psychophysical (480 to 700 nm) and wavefront‐sensing (480 to 950 nm) methods using a custom‐developed adaptive optics system. Chromatic difference‐of‐focus curves were obtained from best‐focus data at each wavelength, and the longitudinal chromatic aberration was obtained from the slope of linear regressions to those curves. Results : The longitudinal chromatic aberration from psychophysical measurements was 1.37 diopters (D) ± 0.08 (SD) (hydrophobic) and 1.21 ± 0.08 D (hydrophilic). From wavefront‐sensing, the longitudinal chromatic aberration was 0.88 ± 0.07 D and 0.73 ± 0.09 D, respectively. At 480 to 950 nm, the longitudinal chromatic aberration was 1.27 ± 0.09 D (hydrophobic) and 1.02 ± 0.13 D (hydrophilic). The longitudinal chromatic aberration was consistently higher in eyes with the hydrophobic IOL than in eyes with the hydrophilic IOL (a difference of 0.16 D and 0.15 D, respectively). Similar to findings in young phakic eyes, the longitudinal chromatic aberration from the psychophysical method was consistently higher than from wavefront‐sensing, by 0.48 D (35.41%) for the hydrophobic IOL and 0.48 D (39.43%) for the hydrophilic IOL. Conclusion : Longitudinal chromatic aberrations were smaller with hydrophilic IOLs than with hydrophobic IOLs of the same design. Financial Disclosure : No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.