Open AccessReoperation following strabismus surgery among Medicare beneficiaries: Associations with geographic region, academic affiliation, surgeon volume, and adjustable suture technique
Author(s) -
Michael R Christensen,
K. Kendall Pierson,
Christopher T. Leffler
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/ijo.ijo_18_18
Subject(s) - medicine , strabismus , fibrous joint , strabismus surgery , surgery , odds ratio , quartile , logistic regression , exotropia , confidence interval
The objective of this study was to determine the associations of strabismus surgery reoperation rates in a large national database of provider payments with geographic region, practice type and volume, and the availability of adjustable suture technique.