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Shared care postoperative management of cataract patients
  1. ADAM BOOTH,
  2. GAVIN WALTERS,
  3. ANDREW CASSELS-BROWN,
  4. JOHN BRADBURY
  1. Bradford Royal Infirmary, West Yorkshire
  2. Department of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Bradford, West Yorkshire
  1. TERRY BUCKINGHAM
  1. Bradford Royal Infirmary, West Yorkshire
  2. Department of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Bradford, West Yorkshire

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    Editor,—Allan and co-authors raised an interesting question in their recent suggestion that alternatives to conventional postoperative care, including shared care with non-ophthalmologists, should be evaluated.1 Previous studies looking at this issue have been contradictory. A study by the American Office of Technology looked at the differences in education and training between optometrists and ophthalmologists and concluded that the co-management of postoperative cataract patients may carry “potential risks”.2 In contrast, a large retrospective review of over 2000 co-managed patients concluded that co-managed postoperative care with optometrists “can be successfully organised, coordinated and delivered”.3 Similar suggestions have been made by other authors.4 5

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