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This abstract is assigned to session BSCRS: Belgian Societies of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Title

Cataract and postoperative refractive surprises

Purpose	To describe how to avoid and to treat refractive surprises after intraocular lens surgery.
Methods	First the possible causes are described. Then the different treatment options are given.
Results	The possible treatment are : waiting, adjusting, correcting or explanting. The special aspects of diffractive intraocular lenses are emphasized.
Conclusion	Prevention is the best way to avoid refractive surprises. Prior use of an ICR in challenging cases simplifies a possible lensexchange procedure.

Author 1

Last name	VAN HORENBEECK
Initials	RJ
City	Antwerp