Better Preoperative visual acuity tied to pseudophakic retinal tears after Cataract Surgery
Cataract Surgery
In a new study published in Ophthalmology Retina, it was shown that patients with higher preoperative visual acuity, longer axial length, and intraoperative difficulties had a higher risk of Retinal Tears (RTs) following cataract surgery.
Cheryl N Fonteh and colleagues undertook this study to examine the prevalence and risk factors for RTs in patients undergoing cataract phacoemulsification surgery, as well as the timing and characteristics of the RTs.
Patients who received cataract phacoemulsification surgery at an academic eye centre in Colorado between January 2014 and December 2019 were included in this retrospective case-control research. A cataract outcomes database was created using data taken from medical document reviews. To account for certain patients who had two eyes in the database, measures of association and P values were calculated using logistic regression models with generalized estimating equations. The detection of RTs within one year of cataract surgery. Demographics, concomitant medical history, ocular features, surgical parameters, and intraoperative complications were used to examine the occurrences of RTs.
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