Is the Day After Visit Necessary After Cataract Surgery?
Researchers in Maywood and Hines, Ill., question the value of the one-day post-op visit for patients who undergo cataract surgery.5583/D794 Conventionally, follow-up after cataract surgery takes place at one day, one week and one month, but researchers substituted a same-day exam for the day-one exam. In this review, researchers examined the charts of 52 eyes, half of which were examined on the same day, and half of which were examined on day one. They found no significant difference between long-term outcomes in either group, and they noted that patient satisfaction improved with same-day examination. Researchers in Bobigny, France, also question the necessity of the one-day post-op exam.5586/D796 In this prospective study, 103 patients were seen on the first day after their procedure, and the researchers evaluated the healing process and any possible complications. During this examination, 30% of patients demonstrated at least a mild side effect, leading researchers to conclude that,
