Research Article

Visual and Refractive Outcomes of Cataract Surgeries Performed in One Year in a Private Practice Setting: Review of 2714 Procedures

Table 2

Ocular comorbidities prior to cataract surgery.

ā€‰Percentage (number of eyes)

Glaucoma6.5% (177)
Macular degeneration6.2% (169)
Fuchs corneal dystrophy4.1% (112)
Amblyopia3.4% (93)
RPE changes and drusen3.2% (86)
Epiretinal membrane, lamellar macular hole, or vitreomacular traction2.5% (64)
Myopic chorioretinopathy2.5% (68)
Corneal leucomas1% (28)
Previous retinal detachment surgery0.6% (15)
Neuro-ophthalmologic pathology0.6% (16)
Diabetic eye disease0.4% (12)
Macular scar0.3% (7)
Previous macular hole or epiretinal membrane surgery0.3% (9)
Others: stargardt disease, pigmentary retinosis, retinal vein occlusion, queratoconus, macular hole, iris and retinal coloboma, uveitis, myopic choroidal neovascularization0.8% (22)

Retinal pigmentary epithelium changes and drusen that were not classified as macular degeneration by the attending physician but that were described in the preoperative assessment.