Cataract surgery in New Zealand: access to surgery, surgical intervention rates and visual acuity.

Aims: To analyse the surgical intervention rate (SIR), best spectacle-corrected visual acuity (BSCVA) and disparities in access to public-funded cataract surgery in New Zealand. The New Zealand Ministry of Health uses the National Prioritisation Web Service (NPWS) to prioritise all patients for public-funded cataract surgery. BSCVA at prioritisation, ethnic, demographic and geographic disparities have not previously been assessed.

Cicatricial ectropion surgery: a prospective study of long-term symptom control, patient satisfaction and anatomical success.

Importance: Cicatricial ectropion repair is effective and has a low complication rate.

Background: To evaluate the effectiveness and long-term functional outcomes of surgical repair of lower lid cicatricial ectropion.

Design: Prospective consecutive case series.