I stumbled across some recent research indicating that pretty much all current IOLs focus on giving good central vision but suffer with peripheral image quality compared to the natural lens, suggesting it can impair driving and other activities requiring peripheral alertness.
I was wondering if people who have who have gone through cataract surgery have noticed this as it doesn’t seem to be something particularly discussed.
I have not seen that criticism of IOLs, and my personal experience with monofocal IOLs is the opposite. I much prefer driving without glasses with IOLs only for correction. Peripheral vision is significantly improved compared to glasses.
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One IOL, the Eyhance does vary the power over the radius of the lens to increase the depth of focus. I guess it may change visual acuity slightly based on how open the pupil is. Not sure if there is any impact on peripheral vision though. I have no experience with it.
This kind of discussion is a little bit useless. Every IOL is just a piece of plastic inserted into your eye. It’s vision restoration item, not improvement. Lots of people don’t have any peripherial with negative dysphotopsia.
I have not noticed any issues with my peripheral vision