Audit has a significant role in current medical practice. Cataract surgery within the Bristol Eye Hospital has been audited electronically since 2003. My two principal areas of surgical activity are cataract surgery and corneal transplantation. The outcome measures for both cataract surgery and corneal transplantation exceed the current published data from the United Kingdom. See below:
Graft survival at three years for first PKP
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| Strata | Number at risk on first day | % graft survival | 95% confidence interval | P-value (log-rank test) |
| Stuart Cook | 182 | 91 | 83-95 | |
| All other centres | 6059 | 80 | 78-82 | P=0.04 |
Graft survival at three years for first PKP Keratoconus
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| Strata | Number at risk on first day | % graft survival | 95% confidence interval | P-value (log-rank test) |
| Stuart Cook | 63 | 95 | 85-98 | |
| All other centres | 1637 | 94 | 92-96 | P=0.8 |
Graft survival at three years for first PKP Fuchs
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| Strata | Number at risk on first day | % graft survival | 95% confidence interval | P-value (log-rank test) |
| Stuart Cook | 51 | 100 | - | |
| All other centres | 1462 | 90 | 84-91 | P=0.08 |
Graft survival at three years for first PKP Pseudophakic
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| Strata | Number at risk on first day | % graft survival | 95% confidence interval | P-value (log-rank test) |
| Stuart Cook | 19 | 88 | 60-97 | |
| All other centres | 1079 | 66 | 61-71 | P=0.4 |
Visual acuity
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