First Author: G.Santin ITALY
Co Author(s): R. Bellucci R. Pizzi C. Chierego
Purpose:
Yellow tinted intraocular lenses have been designed to protect the macula from blue radiations. The possible reduction of postoperative photophobia has also been postulated. This study was designed to compare photophobia in pseudophakic patients with clear and with yellow tinted intraocular lenses.
Setting:
: Ophthalmic Unit, Hospital of Verona , Italy.
Methods:
Sixty pseudophakic patients free from ocular diseases were considered. The first group of 30 patients had been implanted with the yellow tinted Hoya NY-60 IOL, and the second group with the clear Abbott Tecnis 1 IOL. The two groups were matched for sex, age, and pre-cataract refractive defect. Both lenses are hydrophobic acrylic, glistenings free, and have negative spherical aberration. One month after second eye implantation the patients were interviewed by a questionnaire to look for photophobia and sunglasses use both indoors and outdoors. Photophobia was graded from 0 (absent) to 4 (severe), and sunglasses use from 0 (never) to 4 (always).
Results:
Photophobia was reported by 6 patients in group 1, and by 8 patients in group 2. Only one patient per group reported severe photophobia. No patient reported photophobia while driving at night. Sunglasses were never used indoors, but 5 patients in group 1 and 4 patients in group 2 used then in bright outdoor light.
Conclusions:
Yellow tinted IOLs did not decrease the level of pseudophakic photophobia or sunglasses use in this study. The reduction of photophobia may not be a reason to implant yellow-tinted IOLs.
Financial Disclosure:
No
