Real-World Cataract Surgery Complications and Secondary Interventions Incidence Rates: An Analysis of US Medicare Claims Database
Table 3
Postoperative ocular complications in Medicare fee-for-service patients who have undergone cataract surgery.
Complication group
Days postcataract surgery
≤1 day
≤7 days
≤30 days
≤90 days
≤180 days
≤1 year
Posterior capsular rupture
0.20%
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Posterior capsular opacification†
0.40%
0.50%
1.20%
3.50%
10.90%
21.30%
Retinal edema
0.20%
0.30%
1.10%
2.60%
3.60%
4.50%
Retinal tear
0.00%
0.10%
0.20%
0.40%
0.70%
1.00%
Retinal detachment
0.10%
0.10%
0.20%
0.50%
0.70%
1.00%
Retained cataract lens fragments
0.10%
0.20%
0.40%
0.50%
0.60%
0.60%
Intraocular lens implant malfunction
0.00%
0.10%
0.20%
0.30%
0.40%
0.40%
Posterior synechiae of iris
0.20%
0.20%
0.20%
0.20%
0.20%
0.30%
Vitreous prolapse
0.10%
0.10%
0.10%
0.20%
0.20%
0.30%
Revision or repair of operative wound of anterior segment
0.00%
0.00%
0.10%
0.10%
0.10%
0.20%
IOL prosthesis secondary implant
0.10%
0.10%
0.10%
0.10%
0.10%
0.20%
Endophthalmitis
N/A
0.00%
0.10%
0.10%
0.10%
0.10%
Hypotony
N/A
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.10%
0.10%
Repair of iris or ciliary body
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.10%
†Includes after-cataract obscuring vision and after-cataract not obscuring vision; excludes Soemmering’s ring. N/A indicates insufficient records available to conduct the analysis
