Incidence and Characteristics of Cataract Surgery in Poland, during 2010–2015

Background: The assessment of the incidence and characteristic of acute and chronic postoperative endophthalmitis (POE) after cataract surgery in Poland during 2010–2015. Patients and methods: All hospitalizations of patients, in the National Database of Hospitalizations, who underwent cataract surgery alone or in combined procedures in Poland between January 2010 and December 2015, with a billing code of endophthalmitis, were selected. Acute endophthalmitis was identified if symptoms occurred within 1–42 days from the cataract surgery and chronic endophthalmitis if symptoms occurred ≥43 days after cataract surgery, respectively. Results: In total, 1331 cases of POE after 1,218,777 cataract extractions were identified. The overall incidence of POE decreased from 0.125% in 2010 to 0.066% in 2015. In multiple logistic regression analyses, increasing age was significantly associated with acute POE, while type II diabetes mellitus, extracapsular cataract extraction, and one-day surgery were significantly associated with chronic POE. The combined cataract surgery and male sex were significant risk factors for both acute and chronic POE. A total of 62.51% of all eyes affected by POE received antibiotic treatment and 37.49% had vitrectomy treatment. Conclusions: During the study period, the total incidence of postoperative endophthalmitis after cataract surgery decreased significantly.

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Incidence and Characteristics of Endophthalmitis after Cataract Surgery in Poland, during 2010–2015

Nowak¹,

Grzybowski

Michalska-Małecka

et al. 2019

“…The present study was a part of the Polish Ministry of Health project “Maps of Healthcare Needs—Database of Systemic and Implementation Analyses” and was co-financed by the European Union funds through the European Social Fund under the Operational Program of Knowledge Education and Development (EU grant number: POWR 05.02.00-00-0149/15-01) [ 12 , 13 , 14 ]. The study design was a retrospective and nationwide survey.…”

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confidence: 99%

Incidence and Characteristics of Retinoblastoma in Poland: The First Nationwide Study 2010–2017

Nowak¹,

Romanowska–Dixon

Grabska‐Liberek

et al. 2021

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Background: The present study aimed to investigate the incidence and characteristics of retinoblastoma in the overall population of Poland. Methods: The retrospective survey of both National Health Fund (NHF) and National Cancer Registry (NCR) databases were performed to identify all retinoblastoma cases in Poland in the years 2010–2017. Results: During 2010–2017, the mean age-standardised incidence of retinoblastoma (the unit of incidence is per 1,000,000 person-years) was 10.15 (95% CI 7.23–13.08) among children aged 0 to 4 years and 5.39 (95% CI 4.18–6.60) in those aged 0 to 9 years. During 2010–2014 (to allow 5 years of follow-up), the mean incidence of retinoblastoma by birth cohort analysis in Poland was 4.89 (95% CI 4.04–5.74) per 100,000 live births, corresponding to an incidence of 1 per 20,561 (95% CI 15,855–25,267) live births. In Poland, 14.6% of children with retinoblastoma had enucleation of the eye globe, 76.8% received different types of chemotherapy combined with focal treatment, 5.9% were treated with external beam radiotherapy, and 2.7% were treated with focal treatments only. Conclusions: The incidence of retinoblastoma and the pattern of medical management of retinoblastoma in Poland was similar to that reported in developed countries in Western Europe, Asia, and North America.

“…The present study was co-financed by the European Union funds through the European Social Fund under the Operational Program of Knowledge, Education, and Development and was a part of the Polish Ministry of Health project “Maps of Healthcare Needs —Database of Systemic and Implementation Analyses” [ 15 , 16 , 17 ].…”

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The Association between Diabetes Mellitus and Keratoplasty in Poland in the Years 2013–2017

Kozioł

Nowak²,

Udziela

et al. 2021

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Background: The aim of this study is to assess the incidence and characteristic of corneal grafts and its association with diabetes mellitus in Poland in the years 2013–2017. Methods: The retrospective survey of the National Database of Hospitalizations was performed to identify all the corneal transplantations in Poland between January 2013 and December 2017. The comorbid diseases, in particular diabetes mellitus, were verified in the patients’ medical history. The logistic regression was applied to demonstrate the factors related to urgent surgeries. Results: In total, 5069 corneal grafts in 4710 patients were reported in the years 2013–2017. The number of CTs gradually increased by 37% from 914 (2.37 surgeries per one hundred thousand population) in the year 2013 to 1250 (3.25 surgeries per one hundred thousand population) in 2017, the final year of the study. CT incidence was the highest in subjects aged 70 years or older: 13.18 per one hundred thousand population in the year 2017. On average, about 22.43% of procedures were performed in patients with DM. The chance of urgent surgery was mostly correlated with full thickness CT and patients’ age. Conclusions: Despite the relatively low value of CT in Poland, there was an increasing number of CTs in the analyzed period.