Lundstrom M, et al. - Researchers evaluated the risk factors for refractive error following cataract surgery and provide a benchmark for refractive outcomes after standard cataract surgery. A relation of several risk factors (poor preoperative corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA), ocular comorbidity, and previous eye surgery) with poor refractive outcomes after cataract extraction was noted. Care ought to be taken with the preoperative examination and choice of IOL to avoid a refractive surprise when these risk factors were present. The average outcomes could be used as a refractive outcome benchmark.