Thank you Jodie, I appreciate the clarification.
I am two weeks post-op, AcrSof IQ. Dominant and near-sighted cataract eye was corrected to incredible (my layman opinion) clear distance vision. Other eye is only very slightly near-sighted. I am functioning without glasses for the first time since I was 18 months old, I'm 60 now. This is some kind of dream I keep thinking I will wake up from any minute. I only need magnifcation for tiny type and threading needles, but that happened when the cataract occured, so I was without clear closeup vision even before the lens implant. This is pretty amazing to me and very much better than my expectations.
In plain English these findings suggest that (on average) aspheric IOLs provide slightly better distance acuity (and contrast sensitivity), and conventional spherical IOLs provide slightly better intermediate and near acuity. However, the findings do not state whether these differences in acuity are meaningful (i.e., can people actually see a difference in their vision). The answer seems to be that most people cannot perceive a difference.
Another relevant issue: I believe that these (and similar) results were obtained with both eyes set at plano. Many people prefer some version of (modified) monovision. It's anyone's guess how this might skew the results.
It's my (non-professional) opinion that your choice of surgeon is far more important than your choice of monofocal IOL.
And I had the SN6AT4 and 5 implanted. Thanks, NeLso
Yes, can that be explained in plainer English? I just had an aspheric IOL implanted, resulting in correction of near-sightedness in that eye.