Farhoudi DB, et al. – This study probed into the matter of patients' obtaining and using spectacles after routine cataract surgery. The patients' choices were strongly associated with the advice given by the surgeon regarding the necessity of distance correction. The large variation existing between groups who were and were not advised to obtain spectacles for distance correction was only partly reflected in the postoperative refractive errors. Similarly, the patterns of preoperative spectacle use and gender or age variations were not found to elucidate this difference.