ArticleFrontiers in medicine2022
Predictors of visual acuity improvement after phacoemulsification cataract surgery.
Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Influence of Cardiometabolic Disease on Macular Structural Changes After Uncomplicated Phacoemulsification.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Incremental Predictive Value of Preoperative Macular Optical Coherence Tomography for Postoperative Visual Acuity After Phacoemulsification Cataract Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Article
- Evaluation of Routine Clinical Deployment of an Autonomous Artificial Intelligence Assistant for Cataract Follow-Up in the National Health Service.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Article
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- Long-Term Outcomes of Phacoemulsification Surgeries at ECWA Eye Hospital: A Prospective Clinical Cohort Study.Journal of ophthalmology · 2024Article
- Comparison of effect and safety of phacoemulsification surgery performed by resident and attending physicians.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
Purpose: This study aimed to assess preoperative predictors of visual outcome after phacoemulsification cataract surgery in Jordan, a Middle Eastern country. Methods: This was a retrospective longitudinal study of adult patients who underwent phacoemulsification cataract surgery from January 2019 to July 2021. For each patient, we included only the first operated eye. We obtained pre-operative ocular history, cataract surgery complication risk based on a predesigned score, visual acuity, best correction, and best corrected visual acuity. We recorded intraoperative complications. We also obtained postoperative best corrected visual acuity and refractive error for correction after 1-3 months. Results: A total of 1,370 patients were included in this study, with a mean age of 66.39 (± 9.48). 48.4% of patients achieved visual acuity ≥ 0.8, and 72.7% achieved visual acuity ≥ 0.5. The mean visual acuity improvement after phacoemulsification cataract surgery was 0.33 (95% CI 0.31-0.35). In the regression model, significant predictors that affected visual acuity improvement included the presence of diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, and complication risk factors (i.e., high-risk surgery). Conclusion: Predictors of visual acuity improvement vary between studies. This study was conducted in a developing country; we defined predictors of visual acuity improvement. We also provided a new preoperative phacoemulsification cataract surgery complication risk score.
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