Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 4 , Pages 663-671 , April 2009

Wavefront aberrations, depth of focus, and contrast sensitivity with aspheric and spherical intraocular lenses: Fellow-eye study

Received 7 September 2008 ,Revised 3 December 2008 ,Accepted 4 December 2008.

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 Drs. Spalton and Boyce are consultants to Alcon Laboratories, Fort Worth, Texas, USA. No other author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

 Presented in part at the meeting of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, Liverpool, United Kingdom, May 2008, and the XXVI Congress of the European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons, Berlin, Germany, September 2008.

 Supported by a grant from Alcon, Fort Worth, Texas, USA.

 Temi Adenoyin, MRCOphth, provided statistical guidance.

PII: S0886-3350(09)00005-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2008.12.011

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 4 , Pages 663-671 , April 2009

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