ArticleInternational journal of ophthalmology2024
Are there sex-based disparities in cataract surgery?
Article in International journal of ophthalmology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Privatization of ophthalmology: unveiling disparities in the surgical arena.Israel journal of health policy research · 2026Observational
- Rates and associated risk factors for cataract surgery complications in academic medical centers.Journal of cataract and refractive surgery · 2026Article
- A Population-Based Study of Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Among Adults with Ocular Cancer in the United States, 2000-2021.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2025Article
- Nationwide analysis of sex differences in waiting times for cataract surgery in Sweden between 2010 and 2022.Communications medicine · 2025Article
- Investigating the impact of age and sex on cataract surgery complications and outcomes.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
aimTo investigate sex-based differences in the occurrence of intra-operative and post-operative complications and associated visual outcomes following cataract surgery.
methodsThis was a retrospective study of patients who had phacoemulsification cataract surgery at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Data collected included the patient's health history, ocular comorbidities, operative and post-operative complications, and the post-operative best corrected visual acuity (BCVA). The data were analyzed using univariate and multivariable logistic regression with generalized estimating equations to account for the correlation of some patients having two eyes included in the study.
resultsA total of 11 977 eyes from 7253 patients were included in the study. Ocular comorbidities differed by sex, with males having significantly higher percentages of traumatic cataracts (males 0.7%
conclusionThe study finds that in a cohort of patients presenting for cataract surgery, sex differences exist in pre-operative comorbidities and surgical characteristics that contribute to higher rates of some complications for males. However, observed surgical complication rates exhibit almost no difference by sex after adjusting for pre-operative differences and post-operative BCVA is similar between sexes.
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