TY  - JOUR
T1  - FRacture risk after cataract surgery
AU  - Rao RC, Dlouhy BJ
Y1  - 2012/12/05
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2012.13961
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 2185
EP  - 2185
VL  - 308
IS  - 21
N2  - 
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).

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.13961
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.13961
ER  -