Thank you for your information about the Symfony lens. I am now almost two weeks after the surgery in my right eye (Symfony Lens).
The world is much brighter after surgery, I also see the colors as they are. (My left eye will be operated within a few days, also a Symfony Lens).
The results are a good distant vision and intermediate. I can read a computer screen quite well, near needs to improve. Near vision is at armlenght.. I should be prepared for the possibility for needing reading glasses at near.
Flickering sometimes when the sun shines bright. I see some halos around light sources at night but not disturbing. I have quite bad flaring from car headlights and lamppostst at night which is disturbing.
I can read my smartphone at armlenght, unfortunately not near.. I am satisfied with my decision to choose the Symphony lens on advice of my surgeon.
My question is if near vision will improve within a couple of weeks/months and will the flaring at night also be mild.
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Neuroadaptation after multifocal iol implantation.
I don't recall seeing any results on how long it takes people to get the best near vision with the Symfony. One surgeon commented via email that neuroadaptation is slower with the Symfony than with the AT Lisa trifocal, but he didn't quantify the difference. I've seen reports that some multifocals reach their best results in a few weeks, others several months, and it likely depends on the person, and I don't know how the Symfony compares. In my case I think I was lucky and had 20/25 near in the first week (from my bast eye, the other was left a little hyperopic, a laser tweak to micro-monovision might help) at my best near distance, but I can read my smartphone at a comfortable distance, I don't feel like I need to hold it out further than normal.
Studies show night vision artifacts are reportedly about as common with a monofocal as with the Symfony, but unfortunately a small fraction of patients with any IOL will experience glare, halos, flares, etc. Many patients who see issues during the first few weeks see them fade as their eye's finish healing and they adapt to the new lens, but everyone is different. You may likely see the issues reduce over a few weeks or a few months, though unfortunately some tiny percentage will continue to have issues.