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R E KIRSCH. 1965. APHAKIC REFRACTION.. https://doi.org/10.1097/00004397-196506000-00007
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PURPOSE: The recent focus on healthcare errors and safety suggest that practitioners and policy makers might appraise their cataract surgical care from a patient safety perspective. This paper reviews patient safety issues relevant to cataract care. Causation and consequences of incidents in cataract surgery, with implications for policy, are discussed. METHODS: Models of accident causation from other domains were drawn on and empirically applied to cataract care. Consultation was undertaken with experts in cataract surgery, patient safety, and in risk management. Feedback on patient safety was included from presentations made to staff and patients and from personal insights. RESULTS: Ophthalmology teams should embrace steps to improve patient safety. The role of incident reporting is advanced, including the provision of a prompt menu of cataract patient safety incidents as suggested by the Royal College of Ophthalmologists. CONCLUSIONS: Strict attention to detail, risk assessment, and careful consideration of the patient pathway is needed to enhance cataract care. Clinical errors, near misses and complications happen, and may provide an opportunity for learning to reduce the risk of similar events in the future. Investment in staffing and training, appropriate equipment, and development of a safety culture with patient involvement are key elements of safe cataract surgical care. Patients and the public expect that safe cataract care should be commissioned for them. Critical patient safety incidents, including incidents that have led to permanent harm, require careful analysis of underlying systems and/or root causes.
PURPOSE: To compare outcomes of microincision cataract surgery (MICS) with coaxial phacoemulsification. DESIGN: Prospective randomized consecutive case series. PARTICIPANTS: One hundred eyes of 50 patients with nuclear or corticonuclear cataract (grades 2+ to 4) with Lens Opacities Classification System III. METHODS: One hundred eyes (50 patients) were randomly operated through clear corneal incisions using 2 techniques: coaxial phacoemulsification (50 eyes) and microincision cataract surgery (50 eyes). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Mean phacoemulsification time, total phacoemulsification percent, effective phacoemulsification time (EPT) (calculated by multiplying total phacoemulsification time in seconds by the average power percent used), intraoperative total balanced salt solution (BSS) volume, visual outcome, vectorial astigmatic changes, corneal thickness, endothelial cell count, and anterior chamber flare and cells preoperatively and at 1 day, 1 month, and 3 months. RESULTS: Statistically significant differences were found between MICS and coaxial phacoemulsification regarding mean incision size, mean total phacoemulsification percent, and EPT. There were no significant differences between the techniques regarding the mean percent of endothelial cell loss, anterior chamber cell count and flare, mean phacoemulsification time, pachymetric measures or total BSS volume utilized, or visual outcome. The vectorial astigmatic changes in the MICS group showed a change of < or =0.25 diopters (D) in 35% of the eyes, 0.25 to 0.5 D in 50% of the eyes, and 0.5 to 1.0 D in 15% of the eyes. These changes were induced by the surgery. Vectorial astigmatic changes of >1 D were not observed. In the coaxial phacoemulsification group, vectorial astigmatic changes of <0.25 D were not observed either. Changes of 0.25 to 0.5 D were seen in 20% of the eyes, and changes of 0.5 to 1.0 D were seen in 30%. Fifty percent of the eyes showed changes of >1.0 D. Mean vectorial astigmatic changes were 0.36+/-0.23 D in the MICS group and 1.2+/-0.74 D in the coaxial phacoemulsification group (P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Microincision cataract surgery significantly lowered mean phacoemulsification time, mean total phacoemulsification percent, mean EPT, and surgically induced astigmatism when compared with coaxial phacoemulsification.