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- 2018
A Proposed Intervention to Decrease Resident-Performed Cataract Surgery Cancellation in a Tertiary Eye Care CenterKeywords: blindness, cataract, cataract surgery, ophthalmology residency training, preadmission testing, resident-performed surgery, surgery cancellation, usual care Abstract: Cataracts are the leading cause of preventable blindness globally. As a result, competence in cataract surgery is an important component of ophthalmology residency training. Residency programs must optimize the number of cataract surgery cases to train proficient physicians. However, the rate of cataract surgery cancellations is high, and some are canceled because of preventable causes
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