IMPORTANCE: A contemporary benchmark for the most common ophthalmic surgery. BACKGROUND: To assess @entity1 characteristics and outcomes of contemporary phacoemulsification @entity231 surgery in a New Zealand public teaching hospital setting. DESIGN: Prospective observational study. @entity1 : Consecutive cases (N   =   500) of phacoemulsification surgery between April and June 2015. METHODS: An independent observer assessed all clinical and surgical data pre-operatively and 4-6 weeks post-operatively. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Visual acuity, intra-operative and post-operative complications. RESULTS: Mean age was 72.3        11.9   years and 57% female. Mean pre-operative best-measured visual acuity (BMVA) was 6/30. Ocular comorbidity was present in 45.8% of eyes, most commonly @entity726 (10%), age-related @entity1020 (8%) and @entity6 (8%). Systemically, @entity101 (59%), @entity6 (31%) and @entity299 (21%) were prevalent. The mean contralateral BMVA was 6/12 (N   =   495) with 62% being phakic. The rate of posterior capsular tear was 2.6% and @entity4 3.5%. The rate of intra-operative complications was not significantly different between surgeon levels (P   =   0.234). However, registrars had fewer post-operative complications than fellows (2.2% vs 11.9%, P   =   0.012). Post-operatively, mean unaided and BMVA were 6/12 and 6/9. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: This study provides a current assessment of phacoemulsification surgery outcomes in a major public teaching institution. A large proportion of @entity1 exhibited systemic and ocular co-morbidities, relatively dense @entity231 and poor presenting visual acuity. However, visual outcomes and intra-operative complication rates were not statistically different between trainees and senior surgeons. Generally, outcomes reflect international standards and have improved since the last comparable study in this region.

Auckland Cataract Study 2: clinical outcomes of phacoemulsification XXXX surgery in a public teaching hospital.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient', 'PARTICIPANTS'] @entity101 :: ('MESH:D006973', 'Disease') :: ['hypertension'] @entity6 :: ('MESH:D003920', 'Disease') :: ['diabetes mellitus', 'diabetic retinopathy'] @entity231 :: ('MESH:D002386', 'Disease') :: ['cataracts', 'cataract'] @entity4 :: ('MESH:D004487', 'Disease') :: ['cystoid macular oedema'] @entity726 :: ('MESH:D005901', 'Disease') :: ['glaucoma'] @entity299 :: ('MESH:D006331', 'Disease') :: ['ischaemic heart disease'] @entity1020 :: ('MESH:D008268', 'Disease') :: ['macular degeneration']
@entity231 :: (MESH:D002386,Disease) :: ['cataract']
