{"id":7595,"date":"2017-01-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icesontario.wpengine.com\/news-releases\/new-surgeons-more-likely-to-have-high-complication-rates-for-cataract-surgery\/"},"modified":"2023-06-14T18:12:41","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T22:12:41","slug":"new-surgeons-more-likely-to-have-high-complication-rates-for-cataract-surgery","status":"publish","type":"news_release","link":"https:\/\/www.ices.on.ca\/fr\/news-releases\/new-surgeons-more-likely-to-have-high-complication-rates-for-cataract-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"New surgeons more likely to have high complication rates for cataract surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Surgeons who perform cataract surgery in their first year of practice were over nine times more likely to have high complication rates than surgeons in their tenth year of practice according to a new study from the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES).<\/b><\/p>\n

In the study published in Ophthalmology<\/i>, the researchers examined 1,431,302 cataract surgeries in patients 66 years of age or older from January 1, 1997 to December 31, 2013. The surgeries were performed by 144 surgeons in Ontario and the study looked at four serious complications of cataract surgery: posterior capsule rupture, dropped lens fragments, retinal detachment and suspected endophthalmitis (severe inflammation of the tissues inside the eye). <\/p>\n

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The researchers note that during the study period less than one per cent of cataract operations resulted in one of the adverse events however some surgeons in their first year of practice had complications in more than 2 per cent of the cataract surgeries they performed. <\/p>\n

Cataract surgery is the most frequently performed surgical procedure in Canada, the US and most developed countries.<\/p>\n

“The need to train new surgeons is an essential part of a sustainable healthcare system. However, the results of this study suggest that cataract surgical complications are significantly more likely early in a surgeon's independent practice career. While the majority of new surgeons have excellent complication rates, ongoing innovations may be needed both in surgical training and early career monitoring and mentoring processes to address those that don’t and ensure patient safety while continually renewing the surgical workforce,” says Dr. Rob Campbell<\/a>, scientist at ICES and an ophthalmologist at the School of Medicine at Queen’s University.<\/p>\n

Key findings from the study: <\/p>\n