%0 Journal Article
%T Seguridad del paciente en la cirug¨ªa refractiva con l¨¢ser
%A Labarrere Cruz
%A Yureisi
%A Mili Alfonso
%A Pavel
%A Delgado P¨¦rez
%A Agueda Cristina
%J Revista Cubana de Oftalmolog£¿-a
%D 2012
%I Editorial Ciencias M¨¦dicas
%X objective: to identify and to describe aspects of the patient's safety in the refractive surgery with laser, as well as the measures to reduce the risk of complications. methods: a cross-sectional descriptive study was undertaken. the universe of study was the sample of 11 720 eyes from 5 955 patients who had undergone refractive surgery with exc¨ªmer laser from 2005 to 2009 in refractive surgery service of ¡§ram¨®n pando ferrer¡§ cuban institute of ophthalmology. data was processed by statgraph plus 50 package and presented in charts and graphics. results: the number of operated eyes progressively increased and the biggest figure was reached in 2008 and 2009, accounting for 24.5% and 25.1% respectively. the complications occurred in 0.74 % of the total of operated eyes, with a decreasing tendency in the course of time. conclusion: there is an increase in the demand of refractive surgery with laser for the correction of the refractive defects in our center, where a set of measures that reduce occurrence of complications and offer higher level of safety for patient are implemented.
%K patient safety
%K refractive surgery
%K excimer laser
%K refractive defects.
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