Four-year analysis of cataract surgery rates in Shanghai, China: a retrospective cross-sectional study

BMC Ophthalmology

Table 1 Analysis of cataract surgeries in Shanghai, 2006 to 2009

	No. CS	Population	CSR	Surgical methods (%)			IOL%	VA outcome
		(million)		Phaco	ECCE	others		A%	B%
2006	31604	18.15	1741	89.02	9.92	1.06	98.64	98.58	87.45
2007	34563	18.58	1860	90.92	8.06	1.02	98.54	98.18	86.03
2008	38748	18.88	2052	93.78	5.40	0.82	98.78	97.38	88.05
2009	42459	19.21	2210	94.93	4.07	1.00	99.06	97.90	87.48

Abbreviations used: No. CS the number of cataract surgeries, Phaco phacoemulsification surgeries, ECCE extracapsular cataract extraction surgeries, A% percentage of patients with 1st–3rd postoperative day corrected Snellen visual acuity (VA) ≥ 0.05, B% percentage of patients with 1st–3rd postoperative day corrected Snellen VA ≥ 0.3.

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