Year-wise trends of PCR and endophthalmitis rates in cataract surgeries done by surgeons of less than and more than 2 years of surgical experience
| Year | Total surgery | Surgical experience >2 years | Surgical experience<2 years | P value* | ||||
| No. of surgery | PCR rates N (%) | No. of POE, (%) | No. of surgery | PCR rates N (%) | No. of POE (%) | |||
| 2015 | 24 320 | 23 464 | 351 (1.49) | 22 (0.094) | 856 | 31 (3.62) | 5 (0.584) | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 23 591 | 22 231 | 347 (1.56) | 26 (0.117) | 1360 | 38 (2.79) | 5 (0.368) | 0.155 |
| 2017 | 22 623 | 16 421 | 252 (1.53) | 15 (0.091) | 6202 | 164 (2.64) | 24 (0.387) | <0.001 |
| 2018 | 19 811 | 16 453 | 235 (1.43) | 17 (0.103) | 3358 | 92 (2.74) | 4 (0.119) | 3.855 |
| 2019 | 16 524 | 13 950 | 181 (1.30) | 4 (0.029) | 2574 | 83 (3.22) | 2 (0.078) | 1.185 |
| Total | 106 869 | 92 519 | 1366 (1.47) | 84 (0.091) | 14 350 | 408 (2.84) | 40 (0.279) | <0.001 |
P values were adjusted using Bonferroni corrections.
*P value: p values for POE rates between surgeons with less than and more than 2 years of surgical experience.
PCR, posterior capsular rupture; POE, postoperative endophthalmitis.