Patients in bifocal group implanted with Restor +2.5D IOL (Alcon, Fort Worth, TX, USA) in bilateral eyes

Patients in extended depth of focus group implanted with EDOF Symfony IOL (AMO, Santa Ana, CA, USA) in bilateral eyes

Patients in monofocal group implanted with Sensar AR40e IOL (AMO, Santa Ana, CA, USA) in bilateral eyes

Clear corneal phacoemulsification and IOL implantation were performed by 2 surgeons (Chao-Kai Chang and Hung-Yuan Lin) by using an identical technique to minimize differences in surgically induced aberrations between groups. The surgical process involved topical anesthesia, a 3-step clear corneal incision (2.75 mm) at 180° (temporal in both eyes), a 5.0-mm continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis, phacoemulsification using the stop-and-chop technique, IOL implantation with an injector, IOL centration, and a sutureless incision. The study IOL models include EDOF Symfony IOL (AMO, Santa Ana, CA, USA), bifocal Restor +2.5D IOL (Alcon, Fort Worth, TX, USA), and monofocal Sensar AR40e IOL (AMO, Santa Ana, CA, USA).

far uncorrected visual acuity(UCVA) and corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA), near UCVA in LogMAR unit

Wavefront analysis was performed only at the 1-month postoperative visit with an AMO WaveScan Hartmann-Shack sensor (Santa Clara, CA, USA). The wavefront maps were analyzed using a 6-mm pupil diameter and a Zernike polynomial expansion up to the sixth-order of Zernike coefficients. Higher order aberrations including RMS errors of horizontal coma aberration (Z 3,1), spherical aberration (4,0), trefoil aberration and the higher order aberrations were assessed.

CS was also measured at the 1-month postoperative visit using the Vector Vision CSV-1000 (Greenville, OH, USA) chart. All subjects were tested at the recommended distance of 8 feet. The CSV-1000 consists of a series of circular achromatic sine-wave patches having a 1.5-in. diameter and comprising 4 rows, each corresponding to one of 4 spatial frequencies: 3, 6, 12, and 18 cycles per degree (cpd). We selected 3, 6 and 12 cpd for analysis.

Subjective QoV was evaluated using a questionnaire adopted from a near-activity 19-item questionnaire and the NEI-RQL-42. Our questionnaire contains 11 questions and the subscales include far vision, diurnal fluctuation, glare and halos, spectacle dependence, near vision, and intermediate vision. In general, questionnaires were completed without assistance; however, on the patient's request, explanations of the questions were provided.