EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF POST-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS FOLLOWING CATARACT EXTRACTION AND INTRAOCULAR LENS PLACEMENT.

THIS REVIEW EXPLORES POST-OPERATIVE CHALLENGES ARISING FROM CATARACT SURGERY, INCLUDING INTRAOCULAR LENS (IOL) DECENTRATION OR DISLOCATION, REFRACTIVE SURPRISES, DYSPHOTOPSIAS, AND IOL OPACIFICATIONS. IOL DECENTRATION OR DISLOCATION IS RARE, HIGHLIGHTING THE NEED FOR CAREFUL MANAGEMENT WITH MONITORING, SURGICAL REPOSITIONING OR LENS EXCHANGE TO ACHIEVE OPTIMAL VISUAL OUTCOMES. REFRACTIVE SURPRISES, ATTRIBUTED TO ERRORS IN IOL CALCULATION AND SELECTION, MAY BE MANAGED CONSERVATIVELY OR SURGICALLY, WITH THE MOST ACCURATE RESULTS ACHIEVED BY LASER VISION CORRECTION. POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE DYSPHOTOPSIAS MAY CONTINUE TO BE INTOLERABLE FOR PATIENTS, AND MAY REQUIRE LENS EXCHANGE AS WELL. IOL OPACIFICATIONS VARY BY IOL MATERIAL AND MAY BE VISUALLY SIGNIFICANT, REQUIRING LENS EXCHANGE. WE UNDERSCORE THE IMPORTANCE OF NUANCED MANAGEMENT AND PROVIDING OPTIMAL PATIENT CARE IN THE ABOVE POST-CATARACT SURGERY AND IOL IMPLANTATION COMPLICATIONS.