Study	Reason for exclusion
Brown 2011	This study is a follow‐up study of Hudson 2006 and is not an RCT. Within each individual, the determination of which eye received the intervention (IMT) was made by the surgeon and patient based on the patient's BCDVA. There was no randomization
Hudson 2006	This study is not an RCT. Within each individual, the determination of which eye received the intervention (IMT) was made by the surgeon and patient based on BCDVA. There was no randomization
Lane 2004	This study is not an RCT. Within each individual, the determination of which eye received the intervention (IMT) was made by the surgeon and patient based on the patient's BCDVA. There was no randomization

BCDVA: best‐corrected distance visual acuity
 IMT: implantable miniature telescope
 RCT: randomized controlled trial