====== Pediatric Cataract Surgery Suggested Residual Refraction ======

^ Age              ^ Suggested Residual Refraction  ^
| <1.9 months      | +10 D                          |
| 2.0-3.9 months   | +9 D                           |
| 4.0-5.9 months   | +8 D                           |
| 6.0-11.9 months  | +7 D                           |
| 1.0-1.9 years    | +6 D                           |
| 2.0-3.9 years    | +5 D                           |
| 4.0-4.9 years    | +4 D                           |
| 5.0-5.9 years    | +3 D                           |
| 6.0-6.9 years    | +2 D                           |
| 7.0-7.9 years    | +1.5 D                         |
| 8.0-9.9 years    | +1 D                           |
| 10.0-13.9 years  | +0.5 D                         |
| ≥ 14 years       | Plano                          |

Source: M. Edward Wilson, Jr., MD, Medical University of South Carolina.

Other factors must also be taken into consideration before selection of the IOL power: fellow eye status, degree of amblyopia, assumed compliance and parental refractive error.

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