Evaluation of the World Health Organization outcome standards at the early and late post-operative visits following cataract surgery.

Introduction: This study was conducted to determine whether the World Health Organization (WHO) visual acuity standards are correlated between the early and late early post-operative periods following phacoemulsification (phaco) and small incision extracapsular cataract surgery (SICS). Secondary aims were to compare visual outcomes and complications following SICS and phaco.

Methods: Retrospective cohort study following phaco and SICS performed by one surgeon.

Ophthalmic Simulated Surgical Competency Assessment Rubric for manual small-incision cataract surgery.

Purpose: To develop and test the validity of a surgical competency assessment tool for simulated small-incision cataract surgery (SICS).

Setting: Participating ophthalmologists contributed from 8 countries.

Design: Qualitative and quantitative development and evaluation of face and content validity of an assessment rubric, and evaluation of construct validity and reliability.

Improved Refractive Outcomes of Small-Incision Extracapsular Cataract Surgery after Implementation of a Biometry Training Course.

Purpose: To determine whether a biometry training course could improve refractive outcomes of patients undergoing manual small-incision extracapsular cataract surgery (SICS).

Materials And Methods: This was a prospective, interventional, cohort study at the Pacific Eye Institute, Fiji. SICS refractive outcomes were evaluated before and after a structured biometry teaching course.

Nucleus extraction in sutureless surgery: getting hooked!

Simple modifications to a readily available disposable 25 gauge cannula facilitate nucleus extraction in sutureless extracapsular cataract surgery. A case series using the modified cannula, and a temporal incision approach, are presented. Outcomes and complications attributable to the use of the cannula are discussed.