Training of Resident Ophthalmologists in Cataract Surgery: A Comparative Study of Two Approaches
Joint Authors
Tsinopoulos, Ioannis
Dimitrakos, Stavros
Symeonidis, Chrysanthos
Tzamalis, Argyrios
Lamprogiannis, Lampros
Chalvatzis, Nikolaos
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-05-14
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Purpose.
To evaluate and compare the efficacy of two different training methods in resident-performed phacoemulsification surgery.
Methods.
502 eyes of 467 patients who underwent resident-performed phacoemulsification were included in the study by reviewing their medical records.
Residents were allocated into two groups according to the method applied during their training in cataract surgery; Group A included residents that were trained with the “step-by-step” method and Group B those trained with the “one-step” method.
Primary outcome was the incidence of main complications, defined as posterior capsular ruptures and/or zonular dehiscence with vitreous loss.
Results.
Each resident performed a median of 63 phacoemulsification surgeries.
A statistically significant difference (p=0.0032) was noted in the main complications rate between the two groups, yielding a mean of 17.3% in Group A and 7.25% in Group B.
Other intraoperative complications were not shown to differ statistically significantly between study groups (p>0.05).
Among the first 40 surgeries of each resident, main complications rate differed also statistically significantly (p=0.0048) between Group A (21.67%) and Group B (8.5%), while a better surgical performance-yielding statistical significance in Group A (p=0.017) was indicated in both groups between the 20th and the 30th procedure.
Conclusions.
Training in cataract surgery using the “one-step” method may lead to an improvement in surgical competency, when measured by complications rates and, therefore, to significantly better quality of training for resident ophthalmologists.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Tzamalis, Argyrios& Lamprogiannis, Lampros& Chalvatzis, Nikolaos& Symeonidis, Chrysanthos& Dimitrakos, Stavros& Tsinopoulos, Ioannis. 2015. Training of Resident Ophthalmologists in Cataract Surgery: A Comparative Study of Two Approaches. Journal of Ophthalmology،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1069892
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Tzamalis, Argyrios…[et al.]. Training of Resident Ophthalmologists in Cataract Surgery: A Comparative Study of Two Approaches. Journal of Ophthalmology No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Tzamalis, Argyrios& Lamprogiannis, Lampros& Chalvatzis, Nikolaos& Symeonidis, Chrysanthos& Dimitrakos, Stavros& Tsinopoulos, Ioannis. Training of Resident Ophthalmologists in Cataract Surgery: A Comparative Study of Two Approaches. Journal of Ophthalmology. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1069892
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1069892