| Miscellaneous risk assessed by the surgeon (eg, poor position of eye/patient) |
|
1 |
– |
| Unable to lie flat (spinal deformity, asthma, heart failure) |
|
– |
1 |
| Severe anxiety |
|
– |
1 |
| Head tremor |
|
– |
1 |
| Previous angle closure glaucoma |
|
– |
1 |
| History of complication in fellow eye |
|
– |
1 |
| Previous vitrectomy |
|
1 |
1 |
| Corneal scarring/cloudiness |
|
1 |
1 |
| Shallow anterior chamber |
|
1 |
1 |
| Poor pupillary dilation and/or posterior synechiae |
|
1 |
1 |
| Pseudoexfoliation |
|
3 |
1 |
| Phacodonesis/weak zonules |
|
3 |
1 |
| High ametropia (>6D myopia or hyperopia) |
|
1 |
– |
| High myopia (axial length >27 mm) |
|
– |
1 |
| High hypermetropia (axial length <20 mm) |
|
– |
1 |
| Age >88 years |
|
1 |
– |
| Nuclear density grade 1–2 |
|
– |
1 |
| Nuclear density grade 3 |
|
– |
2 |
| Mature/brunescent/white/dense/total cataract |
|
3 |
3 |
| Posterior capsule plaque |
|
1 |
– |
| Posterior polar cataract |
|
1 |
– |
