Cataract outcomes
Higher risk of worse vision after corneal refractive surgery, EUREQUO study finds
Howard Larkin
Published: Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Corneal refractive surgery patients undergo cataract surgery on average 12 years earlier than other patientsThe study examined all cataract surgery cases reported to the EUREQUO database from Europe and Australia from 2008 through to 2013 that included complete demographic, pre-op and post-op visual acuity, and previous corneal refractive surgery status data. It included 592,978 patients without previous corneal refractive surgery and 880 patients with previous corneal refractive surgery, or 0.15 per cent of the total. The proportion of patients with previous refractive surgery rose each year from 0.06 per cent in 2008 to 0.22 per cent in 2013, which corresponds roughly with the first generation of laser refractive surgery patients reaching cataract surgery age, Dr Manning noted. Sonia Manning: sonia.sofia1@gmail.com
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