Escrs Eurequo Cataract Registry: 2024 Annual Report

Published 2026 - 44th Congress of the ESCRS

Reference: FP25.13 | Type: Free paper | DOI: 10.82333/3ek9-h031

Authors: Dr Carlo Bellucci* ¹ , A/Prof. Adi Abulafia ² , Gilly Burgess ³ , A/Prof. Beatrice Cochener-Lamard ⁴ , Dr David Galarreta ⁵ , Dr Ebba Ghyczy ⁶ , Dr Ype Henry ⁷ , A/Prof. Mats Lundström ⁸ , Tom Ogilvie-Graham ³ , A/Prof. Paul Rosen ⁹ , Dr Ulf Stenevi ¹⁰ , A/Prof. Marie-José Tassignon ¹¹ , Dr Luc Van Os ¹² , A/Prof. Madeline Zetterberg ¹⁰ , Dr Harry Rosen ¹³ , Dipankar Chowdhury ³ , Dr Jan-Willem Verstraaten ¹⁴ , Dr Daphne Albers ¹⁵ , A/Prof. Mor Dickman ¹⁶

¹University of Parma,Parma,Italy, ²Shaare Zedek Medical Center,Jerusalem,Israel, ³ESCRS,Havant,United Kingdom, ⁴Brest University Hospital,Brest,France, ⁵Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid,Valladolid,Spain, ⁶Bergman Clinics,Amsterdam,Netherlands, ⁷Amsterdam University Medical Center,Amsterdam,Netherlands, ⁸Lund University,Lund,Sweden, ⁹Oxford Eye Hospital, Oxford,United Kingdom, ¹⁰University of Gothenburg,Gothenburg,Sweden, ¹¹University Hospital Antwerp,Antwerp,Belgium, ¹²Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen,Edegem,Belgium, ¹³Portsmouth Hospitals University,Portsmouth ,United Kingdom, ¹⁴Universiteitskliniek voor Oogheelkunde,Maastricht,Netherlands, ¹⁵Nederlands Oogheelkundig Gezelschap,Utrecht,Netherlands, ¹⁶Utrecht University Medical Center,Utrecht,Netherlands

Purpose

To present the recent data from the ESCRS EUREQUO Cataract Registry evaluating trends in surgical practice, outcomes, and complications in modern cataract surgery.

Setting

For 2024, clinics from the following 12 countries contributed data to Eurequo: Australia, Austria, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.

Methods

Data from the EUREQUO cataract database were analyzed for the year 2024. The registry includes data collected from participating clinics across multiple European countries. Included parameters were patient demographics, preoperative visual acuity, ocular comorbidities, type of surgery, intraocular lens (IOL) types, intra and postoperative complications, biometry, and refractive outcomes. Visual and refractive outcomes were assessed in cases with available follow-up data.

Results

In 2024, 363,039 cataract surgeries from 12 countries were recorded, for a cumulative total to 4.9 million since 2007. Phacoemulsification with posterior chamber IOL implant accounted for 98.9% of procedures. Toric IOL was the most common premium IOL and Small Pupil was the main ocular comorbidity. Posterior capsule rupture was the most common intraoperative complication (0.39%). Follow-up data were available for 54% of cases. Mean BCVA improved from 0.448 preoperatively to 0.939 postoperatively; BCVA ≥0.5 was achieved in 92.6% of eyes and ≥1.0 in 68.6%. The mean absolute biometry prediction error was 0.56D, with 84.95% of eyes within ±1.0D of target. Cystoid macular edema was the most common postoperative complications (1.12%)

Conclusions

The EUREQUO registry continues to provide large-scale real-world data on cataract surgery across multiple countries. Outcomes remain highly favorable, with low complication rates and excellent visual and refractive results, confirming safety and effectiveness of modern cataract surgery.