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Optical quality in eyes with aspheric intraocular lenses and in younger and older adult phakic eyes: Comparative study. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2009 Feb;35(2):297-302 Authors: Rekas M, Krix-Jachym K, Zelichowska B, Ferrer-Blasco T, Montés-Micó R PURPOSE: To compare ocular higher-order aberrations (HOAs) in eyes with aspheric intraocular lenses (IOL) and in phakic eyes. SETTING: Department of Ophthalmology, Military Health Service Institute, Warsaw, Poland. METHODS: Higher-order aberrations with a 5.0 mm pupil and best spectacle-corrected visual acuity (BSCVA) were analyzed in a young phakic group (age 20 to 40 years), older phakic group (age 40 to 60 years), and a pseudophakic group (age 62 to 84 years; SN60WF aspheric IOL). RESULTS: The mean coma was 0.13 mum +/- 0.07 (SD) in the younger phakic group, 0.18 +/- 0.08 mum in the older phakic group, and 0.16 +/- 0.08 mum in the pseudophakic group; the difference between the 2 phakic groups was statistically significant (P