Preoperative consultation before cataract surgery: are we choosing wisely or is this simply low-value care?

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Routine preoperative assessment for cataract surgery is a source of frustration for primary care providers.BMC health services research · 2024
   Article
2. A Preoperative Medical History and Physical Should Not Be a Requirement for All Cataract Patients.Journal of general internal medicine · 2017
   Review
3. Use of Preoperative Testing and Physicians' Response to Professional Society Guidance.JAMA internal medicine · 2015
   Article
4. Preoperative medical testing in Medicare patients undergoing cataract surgery.The New England journal of medicine · 2015
   Observational
5. The incidence of un-indicated preoperative testing in a tertiary academic ambulatory center: a retrospective cohort study.Perioperative medicine (London, England) · 2015
   Article

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  Preoperative consultations for medicare patients undergoing cataract surgery.2014

Authors and funding

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Abstract

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