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Visual function in patients with yellow tinted intraocular lenses compared with vision in patients with non-tinted
1Hayashi Eye Hospital, 4-7-13 Hakataekimae, Hakata-Ku, Fukuoka 812, Japan. hayashi-ken@hayashi.or.jp
Aim:
To compare the visual function in patients with short wavelength blue light blocking yellow tinted intraocular lenses (IOLs) with that in patients with non-tinted IOLs.
Methods:
74 patients scheduled for bilateral cataract surgery underwent implantation of either yellow IOLs (HOYA YA60BB) or non-tinted IOLs (VA60BB) in both eyes. Contrast visual acuity with and without a glare source was measured under photopic (100 cd/m2) and mesopic (slightly higher luminance than typically used-5 cd/m2) conditions at 2 weeks and 3 months after surgery using the contrast sensitivity accurate tester. Visual acuity and the incidence of patients who noted cyanopsia were also examined.
Results:
No significant differences between the yellow tinted and non-tinted IOL groups were observed in mean visual acuity or in photopic or higher luminance mesopic contrast visual acuity with and without glare source at either 2 weeks or 3 months after surgery. Furthermore, there was no significant difference in contrast visual acuity loss as a result of glare. The incidence of patients who noticed cyanopsia was significantly less in the yellow tinted IOL group than in the non-tinted IOL group at 2 weeks after surgery (p = 0.0234), but no patients reported cyanopsia at 3 months.
Conclusion:
Visual function in patients with yellow tinted IOLs is virtually the same as that in patients with non-tinted IOLs.
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