Global consensus on the evidence-based functional classification of simultaneous vision IOLs

In a landscape defined by the rapid and sustained proliferation of intraocular lens (IOL) models after the first IOL introduced by Sir Harold Ridley in 1949, alongside a growing volume of clinical studies providing evidence of their functional benefits, the need for a unified, comprehensive, and internationally standardized Functional Vision Framework for both Functional Classification and the consistent measurement and reporting of clinical outcomes has become a matter of great importance.1 The European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS), the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS), the Asia-Pacific Association of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (APACRS), and the Latin…