Cataract classification method allows for higher success rates of cataract surgery

The 325 cases were consecutively performed by Alex Dastgheib, MD, ABO, over a period of 8 years, from 2013 to 2020, and is the largest such case series reported in the world, according to databases Google Scholar, PubMed and a few others.

"I feel that you can make a complex or complicated case into something simple by following the surgical classification techniques. I think even a good resident should be able to be successful at these cataract surgeries if they follow the steps." Alex Dastgheib, MD, ABO

Key takeaways:

• All cases were successful with a posterior chamber intraocular lens placed in every eye.
• Through slightly different surgical techniques for each subgroup Dastgheib believes that helped to have such phenomenal results.
• The results have been as good as the average cataract and the complication rate has been lower than the average cataract, including two (2) out of 325 posterior capsule ruptures.