Table 1. Ocular co-pathology in the operated eye by grade of operating surgeon.

Ocular co-pathology, n (column %)	Consultant surgeon	Independent non-consultant surgeon	Trainee surgeon	Total
Number of eyes	105 116	56 359	18 639	180 114
Number of eyes without ocular co-pathology	62 986 (59.9)	37 693 (66.9)	12 931 (69.4)	113 610 (63.1)
Number of eyes with an ocular co-pathology	42 130 (40.1)	18 666 (33.1)	5708 (30.6)	66 504 (36.9)
1 co-pathology per eye	34 693 (33.0)	16 244 (28.8)	4971 (27.1)	55 908 (31.0)
2 co-pathologies per eye	6333 (6.0)	2118 (3.8)	646 (3.5)	9097 (5.1)
3 co-pathologies per eye	933 (0.9)	261 (0.5)	80 (0.4)	1274 (0.7)
≥4 co-pathologies per eye	171 (0.2)	43 (<0.1)	11 (<0.1)	225 (0.1)
Recorded co-pathologies
Age-related macular degeneration	11 055 (10.5)	5265 (9.3)	1706 (9.2)	18 026 (10.0)
Glaucoma	9105 (8.7)	4155 (7.4)	1150 (6.2)	14 410 (8.0)
Diabetic retinopathy	5018 (4.8)	2615 (4.6)	832 (4.5)	8465 (4.7)
Other	5068 (4.8)	1536 (2.7)	436 (2.4)	7040 (3.9)
High myopia	4354 (4.1)	1657 (2.9)	546 (2.9)	6557 (3.6)
Brunescent/white cataract	3616 (3.4)	1272 (2.3)	298 (1.6)	5186 (2.9)
Corneal pathology	2806 (2.7)	1173 (2.1)	267 (1.4)	4246 (2.4)
Previous vitrectomy surgery	1830 (1.7)	699 (1.2)	389 (2.1)	2918 (1.6)
Amblyopia	1612 (1.5)	788 (1.4)	280 (1.5)	2680 (1.5)
Pseudoexfoliation/phacodonesis	1706 (1.6)	422 (0.7)	99 (0.5)	2227 (1.2)
Uveitis/synaechiae	1376 (1.3)	305 (0.5)	89 (0.5)	1770 (1.0)
Other macular pathology	939 (0.9)	453 (0.8)	155 (0.8)	1547 (0.9)
Other retinal vascular pathology	886 (0.8)	479 (0.8)	155 (0.8)	1520 (0.8)
No fundal view/vitreous opacities	923 (0.9)	359 (0.6)	79 (0.4)	1361 (0.8)
Optic nerve/CNS disease	436 (0.4)	213 (0.4)	56 (0.3)	705 (0.4)
Inherited eye diseases	160 (0.2)	51 (0.1)	15 (0.1)	226 (0.1)