DR. PRADEEPKUMAR CHANDANE

DR. ASHWINI KORANNE, DR. SHREYA SHAH, DR. MEHUL SHAH

Abstract

CATARACT IS MAJOR CAUSE OF BLINDNESS THAT CAN BE ELIMINATED BY SURGICAL MANAGEMENT.VISUAL OUTCOME DEPENDS UPON COMPETENT SURGEON CREATED BY QUALITY TRAINING.

METHOD:THIS IS A PROSPECTIVE STUDY WE ENROLLED ALL CATARACTS OPERATED BETWEEN 2004-2018 AND ANY COMPLICATION AND ITS REPAIR REPORTED IN PRETESTED ONLINE FORM AND ALL POST-OPERATIVE DATA DOCUMENTED ALL THESE DATA EXPORTED TO EXCEL SHEET FROM EMR AND ANALYSED BY SPSS22.

RESULTS:OUR COHORT INVOLVED 3015 CASES OUT OF 1.2 L TOTAL CATARACT CASES. WE FOUND COMPLICATIONS DOCUMENTED.WE FOUND CORRECTIVE SURGERY HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN VISUAL OUTCOME.PRIMARY SURGEON AND TRAINEE CATEGORY DID NOT CAUSE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN VISUAL OUTCOME.

CONCLUSION:CATARACT SURGERIES DONE BY TRAINEE SURGEONS CAUSED COMPLICATIONS AT VARIOUS STAGES, INTERVENTIONS DONE BY VITREO RETINAL SURGEONS MADE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN FINAL VISUAL OUTCOME.