A systematic review of pseudophakic monovision for presbyopia correction
Author(s) -
Georgios Labiris,
Aspa Toli,
Aslin Perente,
Panagiota Ntonti,
Vassilios Kozobolis
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.634
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 2227-4898
pISSN - 2222-3959
DOI - 10.18240/ijo.2017.06.24
Subject(s) - presbyopia , medicine , optometry , ophthalmology , narrative review , near vision , medline , cataract surgery , visual acuity , intensive care medicine , political science , law
A systematic review of the recent literature regarding pseudophakic monovision as a reliable methods for presbyopia correction was performed based on the PubMed, MEDLINE, Nature and the American Academy of Ophthalmology databases in July 2015 and data from 18 descriptive and 12 comparative studies were included in this narrative review. Pseudophakic monosvision seems to be an effective method for presbyopia with high rates of spectacles independence and minimal dysphotopsia side-effects, that should be considered by the modern cataract surgeons.
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