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. 2023 Dec 6;23:497. doi: 10.1186/s12886-023-03225-4

Table 2.

Number and percentage of intraoperative and postoperative cataract surgery complications in 2019 and 2020 in period SIP-6 and SIP+6

Cataract operations 2020 Cataract operations 2019
Type of complication 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)
Intraoperative
Posterior capsular rupture with vitreous loss, N (%) 27 (0.18) 25 (0.16) 50 (0.24) 32 (0.17)
Posterior capsular rupture without vitreous loss, N (%) 25 (0.17) 25 (0.16) 39 (0.18) 46 (0.24)
Iris prolapse, N (%) 18 (0.12) 23 (0.15) 29 (0.14) 25 (0.13)
Zonulolysis, N (%) 16 (0.11) 23 (0.15) 30 (0.14) 30 (0.16)
Capsulorhexis tear out, N (%) 24 (0.16) 27 (0.17) 22 (0.10) 30 (0.16)
Dropped nucleus, N (%) 12 (0.08) 6 (0.04) 8 (0.04) 10 (0.05)
Others, N (%) 30 (0,20) 18 (0,12) 28 (0,13) 30 (0,16)
Total, N (%) 152 (100) 147 (100) 206 (100) 203 (100)
Postoperative
    Persistent corneal edema, N (%) 16 (0.11) 12 (0.08) 23 (0.11) 29 (0.15)
    Cystoid macular edema, N (%) 71 (0.47) 48 (0.31) 94 (0.44) 79 (0.41)
    Endophthalmitis, N (%) 2 (0.01) 3 (0.02) 6 (0.03) 2 (0.01)
    Others, N (%) 76 (0.50) 48 (0.31) 74 (0.35) 78 (0.41)
Total, N (%) 165 (100) 111 (100) 197 (100) 188 (100)