Purpose: To continue the updating and improving process of the cataract surgery in Brazil, through recently pulled out and documented registries. In addition, we want to obtain data for a comparative analysis of the current national and international surgical trends. METHODS:In May 2007, data were obtained from 188 participants of a Congress of Cataract and Refrative Surgery who answered simple and multiple-response questions about cataract surgery. Data were analyzed by statistic means of Chi-square test and T test. RESULTS:95.8% of respondents practice phacoemulsification, while only 4.2% perform the conventional planned extracapsular cataract extraction. For 73.4% of respondents, the periocular block is preferred instead of topical anesthesia (20.2%). The most practiced phacoemulsification technique is the 4-section divide and conquer (32.0%). The hidroximetilcelulosis is the ophthalmic viscosurgical device chosen by 60.8% of respondents. The most used phaco machine is Infiniti® (24.0%), followed by Legacy® (19.8%). CONCLUSION: According to this paper is possible to suggest a tendency to high the surgeons who practice clear corneal incision and topical anesthesia. Besides that it was possible to suggest that in ten years the phacoemulsification seems to be consolidated as the surgeons's procedure of choice.
Cataract; Cataract extraction; Cataract extraction; Lens implantation, intraocular; Trends; Phacoemulsification; Physician's practice patterns; Refractive surgical procedures
