Open Access<p>Assessment of Learning Curve in Phacoemulsification Surgery Among the Eastern Province Ophthalmology Program Residents</p>
Author(s) -
Mohanna Aljindan,
Abdullah Almarshood,
Sanaa A. Yassin,
Khalid Alarfaj,
Ammar Al Mahmood,
Naif M. Sulaimani
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1177-5483
pISSN - 1177-5467
DOI - 10.2147/opth.s241250
Subject(s) - phacoemulsification , capsulorhexis , medicine , ophthalmology , cataract surgery , complication , pupil diameter , prospective cohort study , surgery , optometry , pupil , visual acuity , neuroscience , biology
To assess residents' performance of phacoemulsification surgery and determine which steps of the procedure are most difficult to learn, and to measure rate of intraoperative complications.