If a 60-year-old individual with presbyopia undergoes cataract surgery with standard monofocal lens implantation, which consequence will likely dominate their vision experience?

💡 Explanation

Cataract surgery replaces the clouded lens but does not restore the ciliary muscle's ability to change the shape of the implanted monofocal lens, a function lost in presbyopia, because the lens is fixed; therefore, reading glasses are needed for near vision, rather than accommodation being restored or perfect vision achieved.

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