Clinical Study
Comparison of the Retinal Straylight in Pseudophakic Eyes with PMMA, Hydrophobic Acrylic, and Hydrophilic Acrylic Spherical Intraocular Lens
Table 1
Characteristics of the rigid PMMA, hydrophilic acrylic, and hydrophobic acrylic IOLs evaluated.
| | | PC156C55 | AR40e | HQ201hep |
| | Diameter of optics (mm) | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | | Shape | Biconvex | Biconvex | Biconvex | | Material of optics | UV-absorbing PMMA | UV-absorbing hydrophobic acrylic | UV-absorbing hydrophilic acrylic | | Surface | Spherical | Spherical | Spherical | | Estimated A-constant | 118.2 | 118.4 | 118.2 | | Refractive index | 1.49 | 1.47 | 1.46 | | Abbe number | 57 | 55 | 60 | | Haptic material | PMMA | PMMA | Hydrophilic acrylic | | IOL type | 1 piece | 3 pieces | 1 piece | | Length (mm) | 12.5 | 13 | 12.5 |
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PMMA: polymethylmethacrylate, IOL: intraocular lens, UV: ultraviolet light.
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