In a Canadian study of cataract surgery outcomes among variously focused practices, results favored practices with a narrow or moderately diverse focus on cataract surgery.
However, “When non-cataract operations comprised the majority of surgeons’ surgical cases, there was an increased risk of adverse events,” Robert J. Campbell, MD, MSc, and colleagues wrote in Ophthalmology.
The population-based study looked at more than 1.1 million cataract surgeries in Ontario, Canada, with patients at a mean age of 76 years. Operations were performed by three groups: exclusive, moderately