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Moon and Shyn: 2006 Survey for KSCRS Members – Current Trends in Cataract Surgery in Korea –
Original Article

J Korean Ophthalmol Soc 2009;50(11):1617-1623.

Published online: 31 August 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3341/jkos.2009.50.11.1617

2006 Survey for KSCRS Members – Current Trends in Cataract Surgery in Korea –

Jung Hyun Moon, MD, Kyung Hwan Shyn, MD, PhD

Department of Ophthalmology, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Korea

Address reprint requests to Kyung Hwan Shyn, MD, PhD, Department of Ophthalmology, Gachon University Gil Medical Center #1198 Guwol-dong, Namdong-gu, Incheon 405-760, Korea Tel: 82-32-460-3364, Fax: 82-32-460-3358, E-mail: khshyn@gilhospital.com

Received 8 April 2009       Accepted 13 October 2009

Copyright © 2009 Korean Ophthalmological Society

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract

Purpose

To investigate the current situation and future trends in the field of cataract surgery in Korea.

Methods

Since 1995, the members of the Korean Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (KSCRS) have conducted annual surveys on cataract and refractive surgery. The 2006 annual survey, consisting of 89 multiple-choice questions, was mailed in February 2007 to 289 KSCRS members. Sixty (20.7%) members answered the questions. Current data were compared with data of previous annual surveys and with data of surveys in the United States and Europe.

Results

Fifty-one percent of the respondents were in their fifties. The duration of hospital stays has decreased annually, and the use of topical anesthesia (53%) has not changed. Self-sealing wound construction was the main wound closure technique in phacoemulsification (52%). The implantation of phakic intraocular lenses (IOL) was performed on 50% of the respondents, and the preferred IOLs for small incision cataract surgery were acrylic (87%). Interest in the added value of IOL has increased annually.

Conclusions

This survey summarized current trends and changes in cataract surgery in Korea.

Keywords: Cataract Surgery, KSCRS, Survey

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Figure 1.
Duration of admission for cataract surgery. Less than 1 day of hospitalization is 89%.
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Figure 2.
Preferred methods of anesthesia for cataract operation. R/B=retrobulbar anesthesia; Ten=subtenon anesthesia; Akn=akinesia; Peribul=peribulbar anesthesia; Topical=topical anesthesia; Topical anesthesia (53%) is the most popular method.
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Figure 3.
Preferred size of incision in phacoemulsification. Small incision is preferred.
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Figure 4.
Preferred surface contour of wounds in pha-coemusification. Clear corneal incision (68%) is the most popular.
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Figure 5.
Incision modes in phacoemulsification. Temporal incision (53%) is preferred.
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Figure 6.
Wound closure techniques in phacoemulsification. 1 rad=single radial suture; 2 rad=two radial suture; 1 hori=single horizontal suture.
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Figure 7.
Causes of IOL removal.
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Figure 8.
Preferred small optic IOL. Acrylic is the most preferred (87%).
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Figure 9.
Preferred site for phakic IOL implantation.
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Table 1.
Interest in specialized intraocular lens (02/03/04/05/06)
(%) High Upper normal Normal Lower normal Low
Multifocal 8/11/5/15/27 39/22/27/38/34 38/47/43/35/30 2/1/19/11/9 13/3/2/1/0
Toric 5/8/11/7/16 30/23/32/44/33 43/45/36/33/36 7/614/14/11 15/10/2/2/4
Phakic 21/2334/32/51 40/3132/40/18 30/34/25/22/22 0/29/7/8 9/2/0/0/0
Accommodable 22/16/21/24/26 43/37/39/38/38 33/33/28/33/29 2/1/5/5/6 0/3/0/0/0
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