Abstract
Purpose: To evaluate resident surgical complication rates under the supervision of an experienced attending surgeon over five years. Setting: A single academic medical center at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. Design: Retrospective chart review Methods: Retrospective review of the first 30-50 cases performed by five classes of residents supervised by a single experienced attending surgeon with over twenty years of experience as a surgical educator. Data was collected from Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) surgical logs and operative notes. Preoperative risk factors, operative technique, and intraoperative complication rates were analyzed. Results: A total of 1028 cataract cases over the five-year study period were reviewed and 890 cases in 645 patients were included. The overall complication rate was 14.4% with no significant trend observed in the rate of intraoperative complications across study years. Multivariate analysis found that complications during cataract surgery were more likely to occur in eyes with a preoperative risk factor (p
Received Date
19 Jun 2024
Accepted Date
6 Nov 2024
Recommended Citation
Ohri, Simran; Zehden, Jason A; Kumar, Dipen; Pegany, Roma; Zhang, Zhidong; Cohen, Kenneth; and Zhang, Alice Y
(2025)
"Trends in Resident Cataract Surgery Complication Rates Under A Single Experienced Supervising Attending,"
Journal of Academic Ophthalmology: Vol. 17:
Iss.
1, Article 6.
Available at:
https://www.aupojournal.org/jao/vol17/iss1/6
