Costs and outcomes of phacoemulsification for cataracts performed by residents.

Abstract:

PURPOSE:To describe costs and outcomes of phacoemulsification for cataracts performed by ophthalmology residents. METHODS:We obtained medical records from patients operated on in 2011 by third year residents (R3) using phacoemulsification (n=576). Our expenses estimation included professionals' and hospital costs (fees, materials, medications, and equipment). The study outcomes included spectacle-corrected visual acuities before and six months after the operation, rate of intraoperative complications, and total number of postoperative visits. We compared outcome variables with those from extracapsular cataract extraction procedures (n=274) performed by R3 residents in 1997. RESULTS:The mean total cost for phacoemulsification was US$ 416, while an overall estimation indicated the extracapsular cataract extraction cost at US$ 284 (as of December 30, 2011). The mean preoperative spectacle-corrected visual acuity was worse for eyes scheduled for extracapsular cataract extraction (1.73 ± 0.62), than for eyes scheduled for phacoemulsification (0.74 ± 0.54 logMAR) (p<0.01); the mean postoperative visual acuity was better for phacoemulsification (0.21 ± 0.36 logMAR), than for extracapsular cataract extraction (0.63 ± 0.63 logMAR) (p<0.01). Most patients undergoing phacoemulsification (85%) achieved postoperative spectacle-corrected visual acuities ≥0.30 logMAR, while only 45% of those undergoing extracapsular cataract extractions achieved the same postoperative visual acuity (p<0.01). The rate of intraoperative complications was significantly higher after extracapsular cataract extractions (21%) than it was after phacoemulsifications (7.6%) (p<0.01), and the mean number of postoperative visits was also higher after extracapsular cataract extractions (5.6 ± 2.3) than after phacoemulsifications (4.5 ± 2.4) (p<0.01). CONCLUSION:These data indicate that cataract surgery performed by in-training ophthalmologists using phacoemulsification is expensive, but compared to extracapsular cataract extraction results, teaching phacoemulsification leads to an approximate three-fold lower complication rate, smaller number of postoperative visits and, most importantly, better visual acuities.

journal_name

Arq Bras Oftalmol

authors

Saad Filho R,Moreto R,Nakaghi RO,Haddad W,Coelho RP,Messias A

doi

10.5935/0004-2749.20200059

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-06-01 00:00:00

pages

209-214

issue

3

eissn

0004-2749

issn

1678-2925

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S0004-27492020000300008

journal_volume

83

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