Table 5. Annual cases of all cataract surgeries, ECCE, PHACO, ICCE, and their PE cases.
| Annual periods |
All cataract surgeries |
ECCE surgeries |
PHACO surgeries |
ICCE |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | PE cases (%) | ECCE cases (%)a | PE cases (%) | Cases | PE cases (%) | ICCE cases | |
| July 2005–2006 | 1901 | 4 (0.210) | 40 (2.10) | 3 (7.50) | 1859 | 1(0.054) | 2 |
| July 2006–2007 | 1814 | 26 (1.43) | 1788 | 1 | |||
| July 2007–2008 | 1621 | 19 (1.17) | 1602 | ||||
| July 2008–2009 | 1841 | 10 (0.54) | 1831 | ||||
| July 2009–2010b | 1156 | 3 (0.26) | 1153 | ||||
| Total | 8333 | 4 (0.048) | 98 | 3 (3.06) | 8232 | 1 (0.012) | 3 |
Abbreviations: ECCE, extracapsular cataract extraction; ICCE, intracapsular cataract extraction; PE, postoperative endophthalmitis; PHACO, phacoemulsification technique.
a
Percentage of the annual surgeries.
b
All periods finished on 10 July except the last one, on 31 March.