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ArticleVision (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Evidence Based Analysis Enhances Surgical Outcomes of Novice Resident Surgeons.

Neel K Patel, Kenneth L Cohen

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Article in Vision (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Neel K PatelDepartment of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 5151 Bioinformatics Bldg., CB# 7040, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Kenneth L CohenDepartment of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 5151 Bioinformatics Bldg., CB# 7040, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.

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Abstract

Evidence based practice enhances healthcare delivery and prevents unsafe procedures. While competency based assessments of resident cataract surgery are standard, evidence based analysis of refractive outcomes remains underutilized in educational curricula. This retrospective single center study evaluated refractive outcomes from 21 novice ophthalmology resident surgeons. Three independent groups were compared based on formal constant optimization for intraocular lens (IOL) calculation: non-optimized Haigis (n = 216), a0-optimized (n = 94), and a0/a1/a2-optimized (n = 121). All surgeries were supervised by a single attending surgeon. Mean absolute error (MAE) and the percentage of eyes within ±0.25 D and ±0.50 D of predicted spherical equivalent (SEQ) were calculated. Also, systematic bias in effective lens position (ELP) was analyzed to update manufacturer IOL constants. MAE improved from 0.44 D (non-optimized) to 0.35 D (a0-optimized

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effective lens positionevidence based analysisoptimizationquality improvementrefractive outcomesresident cataract surgery

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PMID40700080
PMCPMC12285975

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