Objective: To test whether crowdsourced lay raters can accurately assess cataract surgical skills.
Design: Two-armed study: independent cross-sectional and longitudinal cohorts.
Setting: Washington University Department of Ophthalmology.
Purpose: To compare the impact of first eye versus second eye cataract surgery on visual function and quality of life.
Design: Cohort study.
Participants: A total of 328 patients undergoing separate first eye and second eye phacoemulsification cataract surgeries at 5 veterans affairs centers in the United States.
Purpose: To determine if cataract surgery on eyes with AMD confers as much functional visual improvement as surgery on eyes without retinal pathology.
Methods: This is a retrospective analysis of 4924 cataract surgeries from the Veterans Healthcare Administration Ophthalmic Surgical Outcomes Data Project (OSOD). We included cases of eyes with AMD that had both preoperative and postoperative NEI-VFQ-25 questionnaires submitted and compared their outcomes with controls without retinal pathology.
Purpose: The aim of this investigation was to compare reoperation rates and clinical outcomes after meniscal repair and partial meniscectomy.
Methods: A systematic literature review was performed to identify outcome studies of arthroscopic meniscal repair (inside-out, outside-in, and all-inside techniques) or partial meniscectomy in patients with traumatic meniscal tears. The studies included patients with no previous injuries or operations.