After my cataract sugery I went with a uva/uvb pair. I think that is important. I also wear wrap around. My doctor recommended them. I use Nike, but any decent quality will do.
I have been tempted to get photo chromatic, but so far I have gray and amber. The amber gets used the most as it works well in different light. I did get some Egrodyne Skullerz in a UV clear for darker situations. Photo chromatic would probably eliminate multiple pairs.
As for readers, my surgery was done over 5 years ago so Im guessing things have improved. I have a bit of mono vision where I can see at about 12/15 better with my right eye, but my left is better at 4/6. Both are fine for distance.
I wear readers when the contrast is not good enough, or I would just rather use them. But for a lot of things, I dont need them. As an example this is being posted on my 4.7 iPhone without readers.
John