Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 8 , Pages 1401-1409 , August 2009

Comparison of near visual acuity and reading metrics in presbyopia correction

Received 11 May 2008 ,Revised 12 March 2009 ,Accepted 19 March 2009.

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 No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

 Presented in part at the annual conference of the British Society for Refractive Surgery, Oxford, United Kingdom, July 2006, and the XXIV Congress of the European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons, London, United Kingdom, September 2006.

PII: S0886-3350(09)00412-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2009.03.026

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 8 , Pages 1401-1409 , August 2009