RT Journal
A1 Rao RC, Dlouhy BJ
T1 FRacture risk after cataract surgery
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2012
FD December 5
VO 308
IS 21
SP 2185
OP 2185
DO 10.1001/jama.2012.13961
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.13961
AB 
To the Editor: Dr Tseng and colleagues1 conducted a retrospective study of the association of fracture risk after cataract surgery in a random 5% sample of Medicare beneficiaries. The authors noted that patients with decreased visual acuity have a higher incidence of fractures.2 Therefore, it is reasonable to propose that fracture risk would decrease after cataract surgery. When corrected for demographic data and comorbidities based on the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) score, this relationship was confirmed for patients with a propensity score decile subgroup of 4 or higher (Table 5 in article) for patients aged 70 years or older, and for those with a CCI score of 3 or higher (Table 6).