Multifocal IOLs with a diffractive component provided a comparable reading performance that was significantly better than the one obtained with refractive multifocal and monofocal IOLs.

Drs. Grabner and Dexl were patent owners of the Salzburg Reading Desk technology (now owned by SRD-Vision, LLC). No other author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

The new Diffractiva-aA MIOL provided a full range of vision from near to far generating highly satisfied, spectacle independent patients with only minimal visual disturbances at night.

The Hughes procedure is a well-suited technique for eyelid reconstruction of shallow defects extending beyond 10 mm horizontally and involving up to 100 % of the eyelid. The latter require a combined procedure such as the Hughes procedure and an autologous tarsoconjunctival flap and skin graft.