rss
Br J Ophthalmol 83:656-663 doi:10.1136/bjo.83.6.656
  • Original Article
    • Clinical science

Image quality in polypseudophakia for extremely short eyes

Table 3

Intraocular lens shape factors for achieving optimum axial image quality (least spherical aberration) and zero primary oblique astigmatism for the two example eyes described in the text using both single and double lens implants

Type of eye Number of implants Optimum lens shapes
Spherical aberration Astigmatism
B1 B2 B1 B2
Hypermetropic eye 1 Single IOL 0.552 −1.185
Hypermetropic eye 1 2 IOLs 0.946 1.262 −2.364 −1.964
Nanophthalmic eye 2 Single IOL 0.553 −1.438
Nanophthalmic eye 2 2 IOLs 0.949 1.264 −2.893 −2.494

This Article

Register for free content


Free sample
This recent issue is free to all users to allow everyone the opportunity to see the full scope and typical content of BJO.
View free sample issue >>

Don't forget to sign up for content alerts so you keep up to date with all the articles as they are published.