Premium
The advantage of low concentration of PVI in cataract surgery
Author(s) -
Grzybowski Andrzej
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2019.8092
Subject(s) - medicine , rationing , cataract surgery , psychological intervention , identification (biology) , antibiotics , health care , surgery , intensive care medicine , optometry , nursing , botany , microbiology and biotechnology , economics , biology , economic growth
Rationalizing medicine through verification of different practice patterns as well as the identification and elimination of unnecessary procedures is of increasing importance worldwide. The Choosing Wisely Campaign named in ophthalmology preoperative medical tests for eye surgery unless there are specific medical indications, the use of topical antibiotics in intravitreal injections and employment of topical antibiotics in adenovirus conjunctivitis as non‐beneficial and disadvised. The problem is not trivial as the impact of unnecessary tests and procedures in the U.S. was estimated be as high as 30% of all health care spending. Moreover, rationing and waste avoidance are complementary, and elimination of wasteful, non‐beneficial interventions was proposed to be ethically mandated. Cataract surgery is the most common surgical procedure worldwide, thus verification of different practice patterns related to this procedure is very justified.