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Prediction error and myopic shift after intraocular lens implantation (IOL) in paediatric cataract patients
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- Child health (paediatrics)
- eye (globe)
- child health (paediatrics)
- posterior chamber
- tears
- lacrimal gland
- lacrimal drainage
- treatment surgery
- child health (paediatrics)
To the Editor We read the article on ‘Prediction error and myopic shift after intraocular lens implantation (IOL) in paediatric cataract patients’ by Hoevenaars and colleagues1 with great interest. The authors have demonstrated very well the complexity in predicting the postoperative refraction in paediatric cataract patients. We had the following observations regarding the methodology and interpretation of the results.
The authors have not mentioned if the per-operative measurements and IOL power calculation were performed by the same observer or different observers. This could …
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