Practice styles and preferences of Finnish cataract surgeons - 1998 survey

Adherence to European Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgery recommendations among Italian cataract surgeons: a survey.

PURPOSE To survey the surgical routines with regards to prophylactic strategies in a sample of Italian hospitals and compare these with European Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ESCRS) guidelines. METHODS Six private and 18 public hospitals were included in this clinical-based retrospective study. The overall volume of cataract operations in the 24 centers in 2013 was 43,553. Main...

Not enough cataract surgeons.

Practice preferences of ophthalmic anaesthesia for cataract surgery in Singapore.

INTRODUCTION This study aims to describe the preferences of ophthalmic anaesthesia for cataract extraction among ophthalmologists in Singapore. METHODS A nationwide questionnaire survey of all cataract surgeons in institutional and private practice in Singapore was conducted in August 2004. RESULTS The response rate was 61.1 percent (88 out of 144 eligible ophthalmologists surveyed). Phacoe...

Measuring and predicting surgeons' practice styles for breast cancer treatment in older women.

BACKGROUND Few measures exist to assess physicians' practice style, and there are few data on physicians' practice styles and patterns of care. OBJECTIVES To use clinical vignettes to measure surgeons' "propensity" for local treatments for early-stage breast cancer and to describe factors associated with propensity. RESEARCH DESIGN AND SUBJECTS A cross-sectional mailed survey with telephone...

Survey of Japanese ophthalmic surgeons regarding perioperative disinfection and antibiotic prophylaxis in cataract surgery

PURPOSE To elucidate Japanese trends for perioperative disinfection and antibiotic selection during cataract surgeries. METHODS Perioperative iodine use and antibiotic prophylaxis for cataract surgery were surveyed in eight regions in Japan by mail or through interviews from February 1 to March 1, 2014. RESULTS We surveyed 572 surgeons, of whom 386 (67%) responded. Most of the surgeons (94%...