Practice styles and preferences of Dutch cataract and refractive surgeons: 2017 survey

Session Details

Session Title: Training & Surgical Practice

Session Date/Time: Tuesday 25/09/2018 | 16:00-18:00

Paper Time: 17:24

Venue: Room A2

First Author: : Y.Henry THE NETHERLANDS

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Abstract Details

Purpose:

To show the evolution of Practice Styles and Preferences of Dutch Cataract and Refractive Surgeons over the last 20 years

Setting:

VU academic medical hospital , Amsterdam , The The Netherlands

Methods:

A written questionaire was sent to all registered Cataract and Refractive surgeons in The The Netherlands

Results:

A slow increase of surgeries per month.Flacs numbers very low. Topical anesthesia around 80%.Clear corneal incisions around 35%. Phaco technique 80% D/C.Standard IOL Hydrofobic Acrylic.(92%). Toric IOL use around 4%, Multifocal around 2.5% and Multi/Toric around 1%.Cefuroxime use over 65% routinely and around 25% only in high risk patients.Endophthalmitis and Dropped nucleus rates low.Refractive Surgery numbers stable and over 90% of Cataract surgeons use the National Cataract Register

Conclusions:

Valuable information on trends in Dutch Cataract and Refractive Surgery over the last 20 years is given.

Financial Disclosure:

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