Cataract surgery practice patterns in the United States Veterans Health Administration

Paul B Greenberg; Annika Havnaer; Thomas A Oetting; Francisco J Garcia-Ferrer

doi:10.1016/j.jcrs.2012.01.023

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Cataract surgery practice patterns in the United States Veterans Health Administration

Journal article

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Cataract surgery practice patterns in the United States Veterans Health Administration

Paul B Greenberg, Annika Havnaer, Thomas A Oetting and Francisco J Garcia-Ferrer

Journal of cataract and refractive surgery, Vol.38(4), pp.705-709

04/2012

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2012.01.023

PMID: 22365578

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Abstract

To document current cataract surgery practice patterns of ophthalmologists in the United States Veterans Health Administration, an anonymous online 27-question survey was emailed to the 132 members of the Association of Veterans Affairs Ophthalmologists. The results were tabulated in a computerized database and analyzed with descriptive statistics. The response rate was 53% (70/132); 89% (62/70) of the respondents performed cataract surgery. Sixty percent (36/60) of the responding cataract surgeons were full-time employees, and most (85%, 51/60) trained residents. Common practices among them included partial coherence interferometry for biometry (81%, 47/58), topical anesthesia (57%, 33/58), clear corneal incisions (91%, 53/58), and acrylic single-piece intraocular lens (IOL) implantation (97%, 56/58). Eighty-three percent (48/58) offered toric IOLs at their facilities. These results will help benchmark cataract surgery practice patterns in teaching hospitals and facilitate comparison with cataract surgery in other settings.

Internship and Residency

United States

Cataract Extraction - statistics & numerical data

Hospitals, Veterans - statistics & numerical data

Humans

Intraoperative Care - statistics & numerical data

Practice Patterns, Physicians' - statistics & numerical data

Ophthalmology - statistics & numerical data

Health Surveys

Education, Medical, Graduate - statistics & numerical data

Postoperative Care - statistics & numerical data

Surveys and Questionnaires

Preoperative Care - statistics & numerical data

Ophthalmology - education

United States Department of Veterans Affairs - statistics & numerical data

Lens Implantation, Intraocular - statistics & numerical data

Details

Title: Subtitle: Cataract surgery practice patterns in the United States Veterans Health Administration
Creators: Paul B Greenberg - Section of Ophthalmology, VA Medical Center, Providence, Rhode Island 02908, USA. paul_greenberg@brown.edu
Annika Havnaer
Thomas A Oetting
Francisco J Garcia-Ferrer
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of cataract and refractive surgery, Vol.38(4), pp.705-709
Publisher: United States
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2012.01.023
PMID: 22365578
ISSN: 0886-3350
eISSN: 1873-4502
Language: English
Date published: 04/2012
Academic Unit: Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Record Identifier: 9983980066402771

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