Preferred Practice Pattern® guidelines are developed by the Academy's H. Dunbar Hoskins
Jr., MD Center for Quality Eye Care without any external financial support. Authors and …

Evidence-based update of the Cataract in the Adult Eye Preferred Practice Pattern®(PPP)
guidelines, describing the prevalence, risk factors, and natural history of cataract …

OBJECTIVE: To create a practical and validated item bank for evaluating the risk of bias and
precision of observational studies of interventions or exposures included in systematic …

Cataract surgery is usually of short duration and is associated with minimal pain when
employing topical or regional anaesthesia. Patient education regarding the peri‐operative …

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to provide further information about the risks of
perioperative hemorrhage in diabetic vitrectomy in patients on anticoagulation. This may …

Anesthesia care for the patients undergoing ophthalmologic surgical procedures during
local/regional anesthesia balances goals of patient comfort with safety and an optimal …

PURPOSE: To summarize the evidence comparing the efficacy, safety, and costs of
outpatient and inpatient treatment of venous thromboembolism. METHODS: We searched …

Background: Cataract surgery is performed using various regional, local, or topical
anaesthetic techniques and agents and general anaesthesia. As there is continuous change …

PURPOSE: To compare the trade-offs in cost and preference of various anesthesia
management strategies for cataract surgery. METHODS: Six strategies, differing in sedation …

Introduction Robust randomised trial data have shown that routine preoperative (pre-op)
testing for cataract surgery patients is inappropriate. While guidelines have discouraged …