ESCRS Clinical Trends Survey 2016-2021: A Six-Year Assessment of Practice Patterns Amongst Society Delegates

Abstract

Design: Survey questions addressed several specialty areas, including cataract surgery, presbyopia-correcting and toric intraocular lenses (IOLs), ocular surface disease, and glaucoma.Methods: Survey results were compared and analyzed across 6 years. 4 main profile questions were used for cross-tabulation analyses of questions pertaining to refractive surgery-practice location, years in practice, primary surgery setting, and average annual volume of cataract surgery.

Acute bilateral blindness due to diffuse outer retinopathy following clear lens exchange: a case report

“…Cataract surgery has witnessed an increase in the use of multifocal and extended depth of focus intraocular lenses, leading to a rising trend in refractive lens exchange for presbyopia [ 1 , 2 ]. Although the overall complication rate remains relatively low, the potential impact can be profound, particularly for the active age group of patients undergoing this surgery [ 3 , 4 ].…”

Gender disparities in cataract and refractive surgery

“…However, this trend was reversed among those with ≥11 years of experience, with 15.1% of male respondents having >30 years of experience compared with only 7.1% of female respondents. 7…”

“…However, this trend was reversed among those with ≥11 years of experience, with 15.1% of male respondents having >30 years of experience compared with only 7.1% of female respondents. 7 The issue of gender disparity in ophthalmology is front and center in the 2022 to 2023 ophthalmic literature, with a series of interesting articles published in the Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery (JCRS) approaching this issue from different perspectives, specifically in the area of cataract and refractive surgery. In this issue, Choudhry et al (page 531) published a study on recent female authorship trends in this area of work.…”

“…The ESCRS recently published a clinical trends survey providing a 6-year assessment of practice patterns among society delegates, with the largest cohort of respondents consisting of delegates practicing in Western Europe, followed by those practicing in Eastern Europe, Africa/Middle East, Asia, and then the Americas. 7 The proportion of male and female respondents in 2021, segmented by years in clinical practice, showed that female respondents outweighed male respondents among those in training or with <10 years of experience. However, this trend was reversed among those with ≥11 years of experience, with 15.1% of male respondents having >30 years of experience compared with only 7.1% of female respondents.…”