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FITTING THE PRESBYOPIC PATIENT
MONOVISION
Advantages of Monovision:
Simple fitting procedure
Can use any type of contact lens
Patient can see at near straight ahead or in
upgaze as well as in reading position
(can not do this with most spectacle bifocals)
Minimal cost
Relatively high success rate
(approx. 70%)
Disadvantages:
Some patients can not adapt to it
Some loss of stereopsis
Some blurring and flare