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We included all patients subjected to cataract surgery at the Portuguese Institute of oncology - Porto (IPO-Porto), Portugal, after 3\u00a0months follow up period completed between 5th June 2017 and 21st May 2018. The following inclusion criteria: corrected visual acuity of \u2264 6\/10 or other significant visual disturbance due to lens opacity or the existence of a large anisometropia. A circuit was implemented based on the ICHOM standard for cataract, to measure clinical variables (e.g. visual acuity) and QoL (CATQUEST-9SF) before and after surgery, and cost of treatment. The results were explored by means of a paired-sample t-test, considering normality assumptions.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Data refers to 268 patients (73 P25-P75:32\u201395\u2009years old), regarding 374 eyes. The cataract surgery had a positive effect on visual acuity (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001), refraction (right and left cylinder; <jats:italic>p\u2009&lt;<\/jats:italic>\u00a00.001) and all QoL dimensions. The vast majority of patients, around 98%, reported improvements in QoL. Based on IPO-Porto administrative records, the direct cost of treating cataracts (per eye) is of 500\u20ac, representing a total cost of 187,000\u20ac for the number of patients operated herein.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>This study reports the successful implementation of the ICHOM standard set for cataracts in a Portuguese institution and confirms that cataract surgery provides a rapid visual recovery, with excellent visual outcomes and minimal complications in most patients, while also having a positive impact on patients\u2019 quality of life.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12886-021-01887-6","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,3,5]],"date-time":"2021-03-05T23:02:53Z","timestamp":1614985373000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Implementing ICHOM standard set for cataract surgery at IPO-Porto (Portugal): clinical outcomes, quality of life and costs"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"21","author":[{"given":"Lara","family":"Queir\u00f3s","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Patr\u00edcia","family":"Redondo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"M.","family":"Fran\u00e7a","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"S\u00e9rgio Estrela","family":"Silva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Pedro","family":"Borges","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Ant\u00f3nio Benevides","family":"de Melo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Nuno","family":"Pereira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Paulo Freitas","family":"da Costa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Nazar\u00e9","family":"Carvalho","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Marina","family":"Borges","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Isabel","family":"Sequeira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Francisco Nuno Rocha","family":"Gon\u00e7alves","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Jos\u00e9","family":"Lemos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,3,5]]},"reference":[{"issue":"1","key":"1887_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"2","DOI":"10.1136\/bjo.77.1.2","volume":"77","author":"JJ Harding","year":"1993","unstructured":"Harding JJ, Egerton M, van Heyningen R, Harding RS. 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