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Studies of cataract surgery or refractive lens exchange with capsular bag implantation of SVIOLs reporting postoperative defocus curves were included. Randomised and non-randomised studies, cohort studies and case series were eligible. Defocus-curve data were extracted from tables or digitised from figures and summarised within predefined ranges: far (+1.00\u2009to \u20130.50 D), intermediate (\u20130.50 to \u20132.00 D) and near (\u20132.00 to \u20133.50 D). Random-effects meta-analyses were performed for each IOL model. Exploratory latent class analysis (LCA) and meta-regression assessed performance patterns and associations with patient-reported outcomes. Outcomes included mean logMAR visual acuity across visual ranges, data-driven clustering of IOL performance and association with spectacle independence.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 125 studies including 18\u2009077 eyes and 84 IOL models were analysed. Across IOL models, 97.1% achieved mean far acuity of 0.2 logMAR or better compared with 71.6% for intermediate and 67.5% for near. Considerable between-study heterogeneity was observed across all ranges. LCA identified four clusters reflecting a continuum from full-range to distance-dominant visual performance. Better near visual acuity was significantly associated with higher spectacle independence, explaining 45.2% of its variance.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Range-based descriptors enable reproducible comparison across heterogeneous studies and support evidence synthesis. 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