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Deferring Postoperative Follow‑Up Visits up to 4 Weeks After Uneventful Cataract Surgery in a Tertiary Level Eye Hospital: Protocol for a Prospective, Quantitative, Experimental Control Study
Deferring postoperative follow‑up visit up to four weeks after an uneventful cataract surgery in a secondary eye hospital of Kavrepalanchok
Sanket Parajuli;
Parami Dhakhwa;
Rabindra Adhikari
ABSTRACT
Background:
Cataract surgery often achieves excellent visual outcomes with low rates of complications. Routine examination after cataract surgery, including a refraction taken a few weeks after surgery is mandatory in most hospitals.
Objective:
To compare the postoperative visual outcome after a Day 0 examination in patients with two follow‑ups, one on Day 7 and other on Day 30, to those with a single ophthalmic follow‑up directly after 25–30 Days
Methods:
It is a prospective quantitative experimental control study. All the patients undergoing cataract surgery in Reiyukai Eiko Masunaga eye hospital irrespective of the type of surgery (SICS/Phacoemulsification) will be included in the study.
Results:
The study is expected to be completed in 6 months from the start of the project. Data analysis and report writing will be carried out in 2 months period.
Conclusions:
We can reduce the patient load at hospital and decrease expenses of the patient by decreasing frequency of hospital visits. Clinical Trial: N/A
Citation
Please cite as:
Parajuli S, Dhakhwa P, Adhikari R
Deferring Postoperative Follow‑Up Visits up to 4 Weeks After Uneventful Cataract Surgery in a Tertiary Level Eye Hospital: Protocol for a Prospective, Quantitative, Experimental Control Study