Retrospective cross-sectional study.
Eight-six patients (169 eyes) who were implanted with a HOYA AF-1 NY-60 (HOYA Corporation) or Tecnis ZCB00 1-piece IOL (Abbott Medical Optics Inc) were enrolled. Ocular, corneal, and internal spherical aberrations were measured at the 1-month postoperative visit using the Wavefront Analyzer KR-1W (Topcon). Minimum pupil diameter, which is required for each aspheric IOL to be effective, was calculated using a regression equation.
The mean value of internal spherical aberration of the Tecnis ZCB00 group (?0.09 ¡À 0.094?¦Ìm) was lower than that of the HOYA NY-60 group (?0.05 ¡À 0.072?¦Ìm) (P?= .005). The original negative spherical aberrations of the HOYA NY-60 (?0.18?¦Ìm) were measured at a pupil diameter of 5.6?mm, and for the Tecnis ZCB00 (?0.27?¦Ìm) at a pupil diameter of 6.1?mm. The aspheric IOL efficiency dropped to 0 % when the pupil diameter was 3.47?mm for the Tecnis ZCB00 group and 3.71?mm for the HOYA NY-60 group.
When the pupil diameters of patients are smaller than 3.4?mm for the Tecnis ZCB00 and 3.7?mm for the HOYA NY-60, the spherical aberration correction using these aspheric IOLs seems to be ineffective. Approximately 10 % of the eyes showed smaller pupil size than the minimum effective diameter under mesopic conditions.