HELSINKI — In a study carried out at a single center in Canada, no significant start time-related difference in intraoperative complication rates was found in a large number of cataract surgeries.
“Within standard operating hours, surgical start time does not significantly affect intraoperative complication rates in cataract surgery,” Kevin Yang Wu, MD, an ophthalmology resident at Université de Sherbrooke, Quebec, said at the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons winter meeting.
Wu said that fatigue is often cited as a contributing factor for complications. However, in