Six year Trend in Cataract Surgical Techniques in Iran
| Autor: | Shiva Mehravaran, Farshid Alaeddini, Hassan Hashemi, Akbar Fotouhi, Farhad Rezvan, Fatemeh Alipour |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
genetic structures business.industry Extracapsular Cataract Extraction medicine.medical_treatment Ocular surgery Repeated measures design Intraocular lens Cataract Surgery General Medicine Phacoemulsification Cataract surgery Foldable Intraocular Lens eye diseases Surgery Surgical methods Ophthalmology medicine Lensectomy Phacoemulsification Original Article sense organs business Intracapsular Cataract Extraction Intracapsular cataract extraction |
| Zdroj: | Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology |
| ISSN: | 0975-1599 0974-9233 |
| Popis: | Purpose To determine the cataract surgery techniques performed in Iran from 2000 to 2005. Materials and Methods This study was part of the Iranian Cataract Surgery Survey (ICSS) which was a retrospective cross-sectional study. All major ocular surgery units and 10% of randomly selected minor units throughout Iran were included. Excluding the 2 week Iranian New Year holiday, 1 week per season between 2000 and 2005 (a total of 24 weeks) was selected for each center, and data on all cataract surgeries performed during these weeks were collected by reviewing patient records. The ANOVA repeated measure test was performed to determine longitudinal changes with a P0.05). Conclusion Phacoemulsification with IOL implantation has become the preferred cataract surgery method in Iran during recent years. |
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