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Table 3 Distribution of interviewee responses: Surgical output

From: A survey of perceived training differences between ophthalmology residents in Hong Kong and China

 

China

Hong Kong

P value*

Laser treatments (median, upper and lower quartiles)

   

 Laser treatment of retinal hole

0.0 (0.0, 0.0)

50.0 (3.0, 150.0)

<0.0001

 Cyclophotocoagulation

0.0 (0.0, 0.5)

10.0 (1.0, 20.0)

<0.0001

 YAG Iridectomy

0.0 (0.0, 0.0)

40.0 (5.0, 100.0)

<0.0001

 YAG Posterior capsulotomy

0.0 (0.0, 0.0)

50.0 (3.0, 100.0)

<0.0001

Surgery (> = 80 % of the entire procedure performed by resident) (median, upper and lower quartiles)

   

Chalazion

12.0 (0.0, 50.0)

0.0 (0.0, 30.0)

0.21

 Pterygium

9.0 (0.0, 33.0)

20.0 (12.5, 50.0)

0.04

 Entropion

2.0 (0.0, 5.5)

3.0 (0.0, 10.0)

0.72

 ECCE + IOL

0.0 (0.0, 0.0)

80.0 (30.0, 100.0)

<0.0001

 Phacoemulsification + IOL

0.0 (0.0, 0.0)

20.0 (0.0, 100.0)

<0.0001

  1. ECCE Extracapsular cataract extraction; IOL Intraocular lens; YAG Yttrium aluminium garnet
  2. *Wilcoxon test