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Practice patterns of Canadian Ophthalmological Society members in cataract surgery: survey 2019

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First Author: L.Ong-Tone CANADA

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Purpose:

This was the eleventh annual survey on the practice patterns of Canadian Ophthalmological Society (COS) members in cataract surgery.

Setting:

Saskatchewan Health Authority, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Methods:

In January 2019, the Canadian Ophthalmological Society (COS) office sent an email with a link to the 2019 survey on Red Cap to the 270 COS members with a primary focus on cataract surgery. Two reminders were sent at 2 weeks interval. Approval for the survey was obtained from the Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region Ethics Board. All responses were collected anonymously.

Results:

All the respondents used povidone iodine preoperatively and waited before draping. 60.8% of respondents corrected astigmatism at the time of cataract surgery. The majority (92.9%) used a Toric IOL. Of these, 80.3% corrected 1 Diopter or more of with the rule while 78.5% corrected 1 Diopter or less of against the rule astigmatism. 40% of respondents used intracameral antibiotics. The most popular one was moxifloxacin (71.4%) followed by cefuroxime (17.9%). 49.3% of respondents aimed for monovision. Presbyopia correcting lenses were used by 56.3% of the respondents. Most would use these lenses up to 10% of the time only.

Conclusions:

This survey gives valuable information to the COS membership as to how their peers are practicing. Of note, over 66% of the respondents waited at least 1 minute for the povidone iodine to dry before applying the drapes. Presbyopia correcting lenses were used by more than 56% of the respondents while monovision was used by nearly 50%.

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