Cost-Effectiveness of Preoperative OCT in Cataract Evaluation for Multifocal Intraocular Lens.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To determine the cost effectiveness of an adjunctive screening OCT during the preoperative evaluation of a patient considering cataract surgery with a multifocal intraocular lens (IOL) implantation.

Design

Cost-effectiveness analysis.

Participants

A 67-year-old man with 20/60 vision undergoing evaluation for first-eye cataract surgery.

Methods

The cost-effectiveness analysis of the reference patient undergoing a preoperative cataract examination with and without a screening OCT was performed, evaluating for vitreoretinal diseases including an epiretinal membrane, age-related macular degeneration, vitreomacular traction, and cystoid macular edema. It was assumed that patients with macular pathologies detected before surgery would receive a monofocal IOL

SUBMITTER: Leung EH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7311225 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature