The Eurequo Annual Report 2021

Published 2022 - 40th Congress of the ESCRS

Reference: PP07.01 | Type: ESCRS 2022 - Posters | DOI: 10.82333/8tp9-j978

Authors: Mats Lundström* ¹ , Mor Dickman ² , Ype Henry ³ , Paul Rosen ⁴ , Marie-José Tassignon ⁵ , Ulf Stenevi ⁶ , Anders Behndig ⁷

¹Department of Clinical Sciences, Ophthalmology,Lund University,Karlskrona,Sweden, ²University Eye Clinic,Maastricht University Medical Centre,Maastricht,Netherlands, ³Department of Ophthalmology,VUmc,Amsterdam,Netherlands, ⁴Oxford Eye Hospital,Oxford Eye Hospital,Oxford,United Kingdom, ⁵Department of Ophthalmology,Antwerp University Hospital, University of Antwerp,Antwerp,Belgium, ⁶Department of Ophthalmology,Sahlgrenska University Hospital,Mölndal,Sweden, ⁷Department of Clinical Sciences, Ophthalmology,Umeå University,Umeå,Sweden

Purpose

To demonstrate the result of the 2021-year data of cataract and refractive surgery reported to the European Registry of Quality Outcomes for Cataract and Refractive Surgery (EUREQUO). Further to demonstrate trends in baseline data, surgery data and outcomes data since the start of the registry in 2008.

Setting

Departments affiliated with the EUREQUO.

Methods

The registry includes baseline data, surgical data, and follow-up data. When a clinic signs up for participating an agreement is made about either reporting complete data with follow-up or only preoperative and surgical data. Consecutive cases must be reported, and coding guidelines decide how data should be reported. Data entry can be through transfer from existing registries or electronically through interface or manually via the web. Every participating clinic/surgeon can take out standard reports with their own data and aggregated data for the whole database. Patient-reported outcomes data can also be reported.

Results

The number of cataract extractions reported to the database in 2021 was 219,672. The mean age was 74 years and 57 % were women. In 7.9% of the cases the preoperative CDVA was 0.1 or below and in 49.1% the CDVA was 0.5 or better. In 25.3% there was a co-existing eye disease in the surgery eye. The registry also contains data about surgical difficulties, type of operation, IOL optic biomaterial and surgical complications. For 74,781 cases follow-up data was also reported. A refractive surgery was reported for 1801 eyes.

Conclusions

More than 200,000 cataract extractions and 1800 refractive surgery data were reported to the EUREQUO in 2021. It means that almost 3.6 million cataract extractions and more than 150,000 refractive surgeries have been reported to the registry since start. The number of reported cases has decreased over the last 2 years probably due to the covid-19 pandemic. Also, the previous steady trend of cataract patient´s age and preoperative visual acuity has changed.