Intraoperative complications
| Number of patients (%) in each group | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trainee A | Trainee B | Trainee C | Trainee D | Trainee E | Total | ||||||||||||
| Complication | R | L | Total | R | L | Total | R | L | Total | R | L | Total | R | L | Total | R | L |
| Posterior capsule tear with vitreous loss | 3 (6.7) | 3 (5.5) | 6 (6.0) | 4 (8.7) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (4.0) | 1 (3.4) | 1 (4.2) | 2 (3.8) | 2 (5.9) | 2 (7.4) | 4 (6.6) | 2 (4.1) | 1 (2.1) | 3 (3.1) | 12 (5.9) | 7 (3.4) |
| Posterior capsule tear without vitreous loss | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.8) | 1 (1.0) | 3 (6.5) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (3.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.9) | 2 (7.4) | 3 (4.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (2.0) | 3 (1.4) |
| Slight wound burn | 3 (6.7) | 4 (7.3) | 7 (7.0) | 4 (8.7) | 6 (11.1) | 10 (10.0) | 7 (24.1) | 5 (20.8) | 12 (22.6) | 3 (8.8) | 2 (7.4) | 5 (8.2) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.1) | 1 (1.0) | 17 (8.4) | 18 (8.7) |
| Iris damage | 4 (8.9) | 1 (1.8) | 5 (5.0) | 1 (2.2) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (4.2) | 1 (1.9) | 2 (5.9) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (3.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (3.4) | 2 (1.0) |
| Total | 10 (22.2) | 9 (16.4) | 19 (19.0) | 12 (26.1) | 6 (11.1) | 18 (18.0) | 8 (27.6) | 7 (29.2) | 15 (28.3) | 8 (23.5) | 6 (22.2) | 14 (23.0) | 2 (4.1) | 2 (4.3) | 4 (4.2) | 40 (19.7) | 30 (14.5) |