Comparison of cataract surgery outcomes between a secondary and a tertiary eye hospital in Tamil Nadu, India.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To examine the difference in post-operative visual outcomes of cataract surgeries between a tertiary and secondary centre at Aravind Eye Hospitals in Tamil Nadu, India.

Methods

Our retrospective cross-sectional study analysed cataract surgeries at a secondary centre and its associated tertiary centre in 2021. Our main outcome measures were postoperative best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), spherical equivalent, and intraoperative and postoperative complications. Two-sample proportion tests and logistic regression analyses were performed.

Results

The analysis of 32,302 cataract surgeries in 2021 of which 4357 were performed at the secondary centre and 27,945 were performed at the tertiary centre showed that the tertiary centre operated on more advanced cataract

SUBMITTER: Subburaman GB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10811324 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature