TY - JOUR T1 - Cataract surgery and mortality JF - British Journal of Ophthalmology JO - Br J Ophthalmol SP - 985 LP - 985 DO - 10.1136/bjo.2008.155242 VL - 93 IS - 7 AU - R Lindfield AU - E Turner AU - N John AU - C Gilbert Y1 - 2009/07/01 UR - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/93/7/985.1.abstract N2 - We read with interest the paper by Blundell et al,1 which compared mortality among people who had undergone cataract surgery in Bristol in 2000–2001 with the mortality in the general population of England and Wales, and of the Bristol region.We have some concerns about the sample and interpretation of the results.The authors … ER -