2 Topic Commentaries

Preoperative Vision Test Predicts Blended Vision Success

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  Kathryn Hatch, MD

  Ophthalmology (Refractive Surgery/Cornea)

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  Harvard Medical School; Massachusetts Eye and Ear

  This is why doctors often first fit patients with monovision contact lenses to see how they tolerate it.

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  Nandini Venkateswaran, MD

  Ophthalmology (Cataract/Cornea)

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  Massachusetts Eye and Ear (Harvard Medical School–affiliated)

  Trifocal lenses have the most vision range, but they come with the risk of glare and halos at night. Extended depth-of-focus lenses work differently and have a lower risk of halos, but you may still need reading glasses, especially in dim light.

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