Table 3.
Rate of complications for groups A and B and for each group of surgeons
| Resident surgeons | Low-volume surgeons | High-volume surgeons | ||||
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| Group A | Group B | Group A | Group B | Group A | Group B | |
| Posterior capsule rupture | 7/277, 2.53% | 4/259, 1.54% | 6/207, 2.90% | 3/181, 1.66% | 3/94, 3.19% | 2/91, 2.20% |
| Posterior capsule rupture with vitreous loss | 6/277, 2.17% | 1/259, 0.39% | 2/207, 0.97% | 1/181, 0.55% | 1/94, 1.06% | – |
| Posterior capsule rupture with nucleus drop | 2/277, 0.72% | 2/259, 0.77% | 2/207, 0.97% | 1/181, 0.55% | – | 2/91, 2.20% |
| Anterior chamber hemorrhage | 1/277, 0.36% | – | – | – | – | – |
| Unplanned ECCE | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Torn iris | 2/277, 0.72% | – | – | 1/181, 0.55% | – | – |
| Zonular dehiscence | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Incomplete capsulorhexis | 2/277, 0.72% | 1/259, 0.39% | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 20/277, 7.22% | 8/259, 3.08% | 10/207, 4.83% | 6/181, 3.31% | 4/94, 4.25% | 4/91, 4.40% |
Notes: Group A: patients preoperatively evaluated without the application of the risk stratification system. Group B: patients preoperatively evaluated with the application of the risk stratification system.
Abbreviation: ECCE, extracapsular cataract extraction.