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Attitude of ophthalmologists regarding cataract surgery on patients with retinitis pigmentosa Tomomi Nishida 1 , Mieko Tsuruoka 2 , Kazuhide Kawase 3 , Satoshi Nakadomari 1 , Noburo Ando 4 1Dept of Ophthalmol,Hosp of Nat Rehabil Cent for Persons with Disabilities 2Nishikasai Inoue Eye Hosp 3Dept of Ophthalmol,Gifu Univ Grad Sch of Med 4Dept of Ophthalmol,Saiseikai Niigata Daini Hosp pp.503-508
Published Date 2012/4/15
DOI https://doi.org/10.11477/mf.1410104165
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Abstract. Purpose:To report the outcome of survey regarding the feasibility of cataract surgery on patients with retinitis pigmentosa(RP). Object and Method:A questionnaire containing 10 items was sent to 574 ophthalmologists in Japan by e-mail. Results:Response came from a total of 197 ophthalmologists(34.3%). Cataract surgery was recommended by 18.1% of respondents and not by 67.2%. Following factors were considered in deciding for surgery in the descending order:degree of cataract,patients' desire,and degree of visual acuity. During consultation before surgery,78.2% of respondents told not to be optimistic about the outcome of surgery. A total of 56.6% were of opinion that cataract surgery may be injurious to RP. Conclusion:Majority of ophthalmologists did not advocate cataract surgery on patients with PR. There is an urgent need of guideline on this problem to be distributed to ophthalmologists.


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