POST-OPERATIVE REFRACTED VA IMPROVED BY ONE OR FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO POST-OPERATIVE VA WORSE THAN 612
20 3.4.10 Understandably, patients who had IOL implanted had better refracted visual
outcome 89 compared to those who did not had IOL 42. Ninety-four percent of patients with foldable IOLs had a postoperative visual
acuity of 612 or better, compared to 86 of those with non-foldable IOLs. Among those who underwent PE, the percentage of good visual outcome was
almost similar between foldable or non-foldable IOLs 94 vs.91.
When comparing IOL material regardless of surgery type, 94 of patients who received both acrylic and silicone IOLs had a good visual outcome. 86 of
patients using PMMA IOLs had refracted visual outcome of 612 or better.
Among patients who had ECCE, the visual outcome differs on whether PMMA 79, acrylic 78 or silicone IOL 76 was implanted. However,
among patients who had PE, patients who had PMMA had lower percent of good outcome 91 while there was no difference in visual outcome between
patient who had silicone or acrylic IOL implantation 94 and 94 respectively.
3.4.11 When comparing visual outcome among patients who were without ocular co- morbidity n=8679 in relation to surgeons status, percent of patient with
good visual outcomes was highest amongst those performed by specialists 90, 95 CI 89,90 followed by gazetting specialists 86,95 CI 84,89
and medical officers 85,95 CI 83,87. However, the differences in performance became not significant when they were compared by surgery
types.
3.4.12 When comparing among centres, percent of post-operative visual outcome of 612 or better in the 32 centres ranged from 72 to 98, with the average of
83. Four out of 32 centres performed below the average. Among ECCE cataract surgeries, percent of good outcome ranged from 61 to
100 in all centres, with the average of 81. Nine out of 32 centres performed below average.
Among PE cataract surgeries, percent of good outcome ranged from 82 to 100 in all centres, with the average of 85. One out of 32 centres performed
below average.