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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2024 Jun 11;44(1):232.
doi: 10.1007/s10792-024-03090-0.

Effect of cervical pillow in phacoemulsification surgery for age-related cataract patients: a prospective randomized controlled study

Guo-Qi Guan #  1 , Xiao-Dan Lin #  2 , Jiong-Lin Bao  3 , Xiao-Zhou Zhou  4
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Effect of cervical pillow in phacoemulsification surgery for age-related cataract patients: a prospective randomized controlled study

Guo-Qi Guan et al. Int Ophthalmol. .

Abstract

Purpose: To explore the application effect of cervical pillow in phacoemulsification surgery for age-related cataract patients.

Methods: 104 cases of age-related cataract patients admitted to our hospital in June 2023 were enrolled and divided into the control group (traditional supine position) and the experimental group (the cervical pillow supine position) by the digital parity method (52 cases per group). The two groups were evaluated for the discomfort score, the satisfaction of patients and doctors, the head displacement rate, the number of displacement, the operation time and the time of body position during the operation and after the operation.

Results: There was no significant difference in the gender (P = 0.84), age (P = 0.86), course of disease (P = 0.82) and the time spent on position placement (P = 0.15) of the two groups. The patient in the experimental group had lower discomfort score (P = 0.0001), higher patients satisfaction (P = 0.0001) and higher doctors satisfaction (P = 0.0001) than patients in the control group. There was no significant difference between the experimental group and the control group in the proportion of intraoperative (P = 0.36) and postoperative pain (P = 0.65). Besides, the number of head transfers (P = 0.001), number of head shifts (P = 0.0001), the surgical time (P = 0.0001) and laparoscopic time (P = 0.0001) in the experimental group were significantly lower than those in the control group.

Conclusion: The additional cervical pillow for age-related cataract patients in the traditional supine position during the operation will not increase the preparation time before the operation, but will help improve the patient satisfaction, improve the comfort and maintain a good position of the operative eye field, bringing obvious comfort and smooth operation for the surgeon in the operation, thus reducing the risk of the operation, shortening the operation time.

Keywords: Age-related cataract; Application; Cervical pillow; Phacoemulsification.

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