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By LoisK735 | Apr 20, 2012

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Answered by Houman Vosoghi, MD

monovision/minimonovision/cataracts

I have astigmatism and cataracs which I would like to get corrected with monovsion or mini
monovision surgery, along with LRI . Would this give me good distance and intermediate
(computer) vision? Would I just need glasses for reading fine print then?
LJK

Tags: monovision, minimonovision, astigmatism, cataract

Houman Vosoghi, MD

Apr 23, 2012

Very specific to the individual. I recommend a short trial of monovision with contacts to make sure your brain can adjust to monovision/minimono. Also, if you have more than one diopter of astigmatism, you will likely do better with toric IOL than LRI. If less than half a diopter, you may not need LRI at all so amount of astigmatism is important too.

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