The Eurequo Annual Report 2022
Published 2023 - 41st Congress of the ESCRS
Reference: FP08.02 | Type: Free paper | DOI: 10.82333/3akg-ar54
Authors: Mor Dickman* 1 , Beatrice Cochener 2 , Ype Henry 3 , Paul Rosen 4 , Thomas Kohnen 5 , Marie-José Tassignon 6 , Ulf Stenevi 7 , Mats Lundström 8 , Anders Behndig 9
1University Eye Clinic,Maastricht University Medical Center+,Maastricht,Netherlands, 2Centre Hospitalier Regional Universitaire de Brest,Brest,France, 3Amsterdam University Medical Center,Amsterdam,Netherlands, 4Oxford Eye Hospital,Oxford,United Kingdom, 5Goethe University,Frankfurt Am Main,Germany, 6University Hospital Antwerpen,Antwerpen,Belgium, 7Sahlgrenska University Hospital,Mölndal,Sweden, 8Lund University ,Karlskrona,Sweden, 9Umea University,Umea,Sweden
Purpose
To demonstrate the result of the 2022-year data of cataract and refractive surgery reported to the European registry of quality outcomes in cataract and refractive surgery (EUREQUO). Further to demonstrate trends in baseline data, surgery data and outcomes since the start of the registry in 2008.
Setting
Registries and clinics affiliated with EUREQUO
Methods
The registry includes baseline data, surgical data, and follow-up data. When a clinic sings up for participating an agreement is made about their 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 is 4.175.806 of which 227.966 refractive cases. The mean age was 74 years and 57% were women. In 8% of the cases the preoperative CDVA was 0.1 or below and in 50% the CDVA was 0.5 or better. In 25% 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.
Conclusions
With more than 200.000 cases reported to the Eurequo this year the total number of records exceeds 4 million with more than 200.000 refractive surgeries reported to the registry since the beginning. The previously steady trend of cataract patients age and preoperative visual acuity has changed shifting towards earlier surgery with better baseline visual acuity.