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Presentation of a reliable preoperative risk stratification system for phacoemulsification

Poster Details

First Author: I.Mylona GREECE

Co Author(s):    M. Dermenoudi   M. Glynatsis   I. Tsinopoulos              

Abstract Details

Purpose:

The purpose of this study is to present a statistically-validated risk classification system for intraoperative complications in cataract surgery.

Setting:

This study included 1572 consecutive patients, who underwent phacoemulsification surgery in the 2nd Department of Ophthalmology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

Methods:

The presence of several risk factors was statistically assessed with the help of multiple correspondence analysis in order to determine the more reliable rank categorization for severity and to calculate a total risk score

Results:

The proposed system has three risk groups and a no-risk group and has high statistical reliability. A comparison of this system against a previously-asserted empirical one has shown higher internal reliability.

Conclusions:

Previous efforts to construct a risk classification system for intraoperative complications in cataract surgery have been empirically defined and tested against practice-as-usual. This system assists with quantifying risk more accurately and providing even an experienced clinician with a reliable means of assessing the pre-operational likelihood of intraoperative complications.

Financial Disclosure:

None