Unplanned Return to the Operating Room after Tube Shunt Surgery

Studies of unplanned return to the operating room (OR) within ophthalmology have almost exclusively focused on resident-performed surgeries, most commonly cataract and vitreoretinal surgeries1 –4. Among glaucoma surgeries, Hsia and colleagues examined complication and reoperation rates after resident-performed glaucoma procedures5, and our group has recently reported on unplanned return to the operating room after attending- and fellow-performed trabeculectomy6.

Source: American Journal of Ophthalmology - May 25, 2021 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Nur Cardakli, David S. Friedman, Michael V. Boland Source Type: research