Seven-year trends in cataract surgery indications and quality of outcomes at Aravind Eye Hospitals, India.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To report trends in cataract surgery indications, visual acuity outcomes, complication rates and reoperation rates at ten Aravind Eye Hospitals in Tamil Nadu, India.

Methods

In this retrospective database study we analyzed seven years of data of cataract surgeries at Aravind during January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2018. Our main outcome measures were preoperative and 1-month postoperative uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) and best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA); and rates of intraoperative complications and reoperations. We performed Cochran-Armitage trend tests.

Results

In 1.86 million eyes that underwent cataract surgery, the percentage of eyes undergoing phacoemulsification (PE) showed an increasing trend (p < 0.0001), from 26.8% in 2012 to 33.5% in 2018. The

SUBMITTER: Ravindran RD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8225659 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature