Cataract Surgery Complexity and Surgical Complication Rates Among Medicare Beneficiaries With and Without Dementia.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate cataract surgery complexity and complications among US Medicare beneficiaries with and without dementia.

Design

Retrospective claims-based cohort study.

Participants

A 20% representative sample of Medicare beneficiaries, 2006-2015.

Methods

Dementia was identified from diagnosis codes on or prior to each beneficiary's first-eye cataract surgery. For each surgery, we identified setting, routine vs complex coding, anesthesia provider type, duration, and any postoperative hospitalization. We evaluated 30- and 90-day complication rates-return to operating room, endophthalmitis, suprachoroidal hemorrhage, retinal detachment, retinal tear, macular edema, glaucoma, or choroidal detachment-and used adjusted regression models to evaluate likelihood of

SUBMITTER: Pershing S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7736486 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature