High Rates of Eye Surgery Cancellation in Veterans Related to Mental Health

CONCLUSIONS: There was a significant amount of eye surgery cancellations in veterans with variation by subspecialty and comorbid conditions. Having a psychiatric illness was correlated with increased rates of surgery cancellation amongst veterans. Areas to improve surgical utilization include risk stratification and increased support of vulnerable patients before surgery.PMID:38687601 | DOI:10.1093/milmed/usae230

Source: Military Medicine - April 30, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Justin Hanson Maggie Hui Jason C Strawbridge Sayan Chatterjee Kendall Goodyear JoAnn A Giaconi Irena Tsui Source Type: research