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Table 1 Patient and operation characteristics of the cataract surgeries performed 6 weeks prior (SIP-6: week 6–11) to the surgery reduction period and 6 weeks after surgery reduction period (SIP+6: week 20–25) in 2020 and of week 6–11 and week 20–25 in 2019

From: Complications during elective cataract surgery: did the COVID-19 lockdown affect outcomes of ophthalmic surgery?

 

Cataract operations 2020

Cataract operations 2019

Characteristic

SIP-6

Operations week 6–11 (N = 15,141)

SIP+6

Operations week 20–25 (N = 15,544)

Operations week 6–11

(N = 21,270)

Operations week 20–25

(N = 19,087)

Age (y)

73.2

72.8

72.9

72.85

Gender N (%)

    

Male

6359 (42)

6684 (43)

9146 (43)

8207 (43)

Female

8782 (58)

8860 (57)

12,124 (57)

10,880 (57)

Risk factors for complicationsa N (%)

1469 (9.7)

1648 (10.6)

2893 (13.6)

2310 (12.1)

Factors restricting patient’s visionb N (%)

3392 (22.4)

3435 (22.1)

5169 (24.3)

4676 (24.5)

Postoperative BCVAc 0.50 N(%)

14,596 (96.4)

15,047 (96.8)

20,483 (96.3)

18,381 (96.3)

Operations with improved vision, ≥ 1 linec N (%)

14,277 (94.3)

14,720 (94.7)

20,079 (94.4)

18,075 (94.7)

Operations with absolute refractive error < 1(D) from target refraction N (%)

14,308 (94.5)

14,736 (94.8)

20,058 (94.3)

18,037 (94.5)

Average absolute error from target refraction

0.38

0.37

0.39

0.39

  1. BCVA: best-corrected visual acuity
  2. aPrevious corneal refractive surgery, previous vitrectomy, mature cataract, pseudoexfoliation, corneal opacity, small pupil, remainder
  3. bGlaucoma, age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, amblyopia, uveitis, remainder
  4. cSnellen chart