Cataract surgery rate in Mosul city

Abstract

Objective: To compare the number of cataract surgery rate in Mosul to other part of the world and determine the factors that influence this rate. Methods: case series study from public and private hospitals in Mosul, on patients who had cataract operations during 2001. Results: Cataract surgery rate was 1098 per 1 million. Only 15.2% were associated with intraocular lens implant. Conclusion: Cataract surgery rate in Mosul was the same as in other Middle East Countries, but was very low compared to developed countries.

Impact of surgical experience on early post-operative regional corneal thickness after phacoemulsification

“…Other related studies showed a higher mean age -as Briszi et al 23 study, which was done in a tertiary centre in Germany in order to review the risk factors and complications of the first 100 operations done by resident doctors with a mean age of 71.4 ± 10.9, and also Lhuillier et al 9 study, done in France, which included 110 patients operated by seniors, and 50 cases operated by junior doctors, and their mean age was 71.5 ± 9.1 years. In Iraq, a study done in Mosul city by Rajab et al 24 included 2440 patients who underwent cataract surgery, and it was similar to the current study; they reported lower age than the previously mentioned studies, which could be attributed to the higher UVA light levels in Iraq compared to global values, 25 which accelerate ageing of crystalline lens. 26 Pre-operatively, there were no significant differences in demographics, CCT, PCT and endothelial specular microscopy findings between the two groups.…”