Cataract classification system for risk stratification in surgery.

摘要

Risk stratification for cataract surgery is an important step for a patient proceeding with cataract surgery. It allows the surgeon to have a more meaningful discussion with the patient regarding individualized risk, and it means that hospital/ surgeon statistics can be compared accurately, which is important for revalidation purposes. There are advantages for trainees in that low-risk patients can be used for more junior trainees or for trainee-independent lists and high-risk patients can be used for more senior trainees. Patients benefit from information about the surgeon grade in their cataract journey