Practice patterns of Canadian Ophthalmological Society members in cataract surgery: 2011 survey.

Objective: To establish the practice patterns of the members of the Canadian Ophthalmological Society (COS) in cataract surgery.

Design: Web-based questionnaire.

Participants: Members of the COS indicating practice focus to be cataract surgery.

Practice patterns of Canadian Ophthalmological Society members in cataract surgery--2010 survey.

Objective: To establish the cataract surgery practice patterns of the members of the Canadian Ophthalmological Society (COS).

Study Design: Web-based questionnaire.

Methods: In January 2010, an email with a link to SurveyMonkey was sent from the COS office to its 305 members who had indicated their practice focus is cataract surgery.

Practice patterns of Canadian Ophthalmological Society members in cataract surgery--2009 survey.

Objective: To establish the practice patterns of the members of the Canadian Ophthalmological Society (COS) in cataract surgery.

Design: A questionnaire consisting of multiple choice questions on cataract surgery practices was sent as an attachment by email to the members of the COS.

Participants: Seven-hundred and seventy-seven COS members with a valid email address in the Society's database.

Pupil size with and without adrenaline with diclofenac use before cataract surgery.

Purpose: To determine whether adrenaline in the irrigating solution is necessary when diclofenac eyedrops are used before cataract surgery.

Setting: Pasqua Hospital, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Methods: In this prospective randomized masked study, all patients used diclofenac eyedrops 2 days preoperatively.

Aqueous humor penetration of gatifloxacin and moxifloxacin eyedrops given in different concentrations in a wick before cataract surgery.

Purpose: To determine whether the penetration into the aqueous humor of gatifloxacin (Zymar) and moxifloxacin (Vigamox) eyedrops was affected by altering their concentrations in the dilating mixture in which the wick used to dilate the pupil before cataract surgery was soaked.

Setting: Pasqua Hospital, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Methods: This prospective randomized open-label study comprised 65 women and 35 men who were divided into 2 main groups.

Aqueous humor penetration of gatifloxacin and moxifloxacin eyedrops given by different methods before cataract surgery.

Purpose: To determine whether the penetration into the aqueous humor of 2 new fourth-generation fluoroquinolone antibiotics, gatifloxacin (Zymar) and moxifloxacin (Vigamox) eyedrops, was affected by different methods of administration before cataract surgery.

Setting: Pasqua Hospital, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Methods: This prospective randomized study comprised 193 patients.

Perioperative use of warfarin and aspirin in cataract surgery by Canadian Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery members: survey.

Purpose: To survey the members of the Canadian Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (CSCRS) and identify their practices regarding the perioperative use of warfarin and acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) in cataract surgery.

Setting: Private practice, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Methods: Members of the CSCRS were faxed a questionnaire that examined their perioperative management of patients being treated with warfarin and aspirin.

Use of a wick to deliver preoperative mydriatics for cataract surgery.

Before cataract surgery at our institution, we traditionally dilated the pupils with 5 drops: proparacaine 0.5%, cyclopentolate 1%, phenylephrine 2.5%, flurbiprofen sodium 0.