Practice Patterns Of Phacoemulsification Cataract Surgery Among Egyptian Ophthalmologists .

To determine the degree of heterogeneity and diversity in  Phacoemulsification Cataract surgery practice patterns among Egyptian Ophthalmologists .

Multiple  Egyptian Public and private hospitals .

An online survey of 17  questions was sent to 200 Egyptian Ophthalmologists who performed a minimum of 500 Phacoemulsification Cataract surgeries.

Results of the survey were statistically analyzed using Chi Square test , Cramer's V correlation  and Shannon entropy .

Questions covered perioperative and intraoperative  regimens .

111 doctors responded to the survey with a response rate of 55.5% .

Most of the responders:

Prefer Divide and Conquer technique

Avoid preoperative systemic Abx &topical NSAIDs

Avoid intracameral steroids in hard cataracts.

Prefer dispersive OVDs

Wait 1 week until operating the fellow eye

Schedule the first day postoperative for FU

Avoid post operative Antiglucoma drugs

There was high heterogeneity between responders  regarding :

Technique 

Post operative Antiglucoma drugs

Pre op topical NSAIDs &systemic Abx.

1st FU timing 

There was high diversity regarding : 

Technique

Interval until fellow eye 

Frequency of Post Op steroid , Abx  &FU visits

Post Op systemic Abx&Topical NSAIDs

Timing of VA measurement 

Astigmatism less than 3 D  treatment

Intracameral Abx

There is Significant heterogeneity and diversity in Phacoemulsification Cataract surgery practice patterns among Egyptian Ophthalmologists .