Training of Resident Ophthalmologists in Cataract Surgery: A Comparative Study of Two Approaches

Table 3

Intraoperative complications rates of the first 40 phacoemulsification cases per resident for each study group and respective values. Percentages are given in parentheses.

	Group A	Group B	valu	Total
PCR without lens fragment fall	21 (17.5%)	12 (6%)	0.0047	33 (10.31%)
ZD	1 (0.83%)	2 (1%)	1	3 (0.94%)
PCR with lens fragment fall	5 (4.16%)	3 (1.5%)	0.27	8 (2.5%)
PCR/ZD with vitreous loss	26 (21.67%)	17 (8.5%)	0.0048	43 (13.43%)
ACT/EC	5 (4.17%)	11 (5.5%)	0.79	16 (5%)
WD	3 (2.5%)	3 (1.5%)	0.68	6 (1.87%)
CL	1 (0.83%)	1 (0.5%)	1	2 (0.62%)
ACRLF	2 (1.67%)	3 (1.5%)	1	5 (1.56%)

PCR = posterior capsule rupture; ZD = zonular dehiscence; ACT = anterior capsule tear; EC = extended capsulorhexis; WD = wound dehiscence; CL = corneal lesions; ACRLF = anterior chamber retained lens fragments.
value (significance level) was calculated by means of Fisher’s exact test.