Cataract & Comprehensive Ophthalmology

Audit and Research

The numbers of cataract surgeries performed, visual outcomes and posterior capsule rupture (PCR) rates are shown in Figures 1.1 to 1.3.

Benchmarks of success

References

1. Hahn, U., Krummenauer, F., Kolbl, B., Neuhann, T., Schayan-Araghi, K., Schmickler, S., & Neuhann, I. (2011). Determination of valid benchmarks for outcome indicators in cataract surgery; a multicentre, prospective cohort trial. Ophthalmology, 118, 2105-2112.

2. Jaycock, P., Johnston, R. L., Taylor, H., Adams, M., Tole, D. M., Galloway, P., & Sparrow, J. M. (2009). The Cataract National Dataset electronic multi-centre audit of 55,567 operations: updating benchmark standards of care in the United Kingdom and internationally. Eye, 23, 38-49.

3. Lundstrom, M., Barry, P., Henry, Y., Rosen, P., & Stenevi, U. (2013). Visual outcome of cataract surgery; study from the European Registry of Quality Outcomes for Cataract and Refractive Surgery. Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery, 39, 673-679.