Cataract Surgery Is Not Associated with Decreased Risk of Retinal Vein Occlusion.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate whether cataract surgery is associated with decreased risks of central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) or branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO) development using the American Academy of Ophthalmology Intelligent Research in Sight (IRIS®) Registry.

Design

Retrospective database study of the IRIS Registry data.

Participants

Patients in the IRIS Registry who underwent cataract surgery and 1:1 matched control participants from the IRIS Registry using a decision tree classifier as a propensity model.

Methods

Control and treatment groups initially were selected using Current Procedural Terminology codes for uncomplicated cataract surgery and other straightforward criteria. To accomplish treatment-control matching, a decision tree classifier was train

SUBMITTER: Bagdasarova Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9562376 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature