Rate of second eye cataract surgery (SECS) amongst patients attending University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria

Objective: To determine the rate of Second Eye Cataract Surgery (SECS) amongst patients attending UniversityCollege Hospital (UCH), Ibadan and the average time interval between first and second eye surgery.Methods: This was a hospital-based, descriptive cross-sectional study carried out at the outpatient clinic of theDepartment of Ophthalmology, University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan. A total of 427 patients diagnosed withbilateral operable age-related cataract, and had undergone cataract surgery in at least one eye two years priorto commencement of study, were studied using a study designed questionnaire to ascertain the proportion ofpatients that have had second eye cataract surgery done and the average interval between the first and secondeye surgeries. Data was analyzed using IBM Statistical Product and Service Solutions (IBM-SPSS) version 25 andsummary statistics are presented using frequency tables, means and rates.Results: Out of the 427 patients studied, only 124 (29%) underwent Second Eye Cataract Surgery (SECS) withintwo years of the First Eye Cataract Surgery (FECS) at an average interval of 12 ±7.4 months. Type of surgery beingManual Small Incision Cataract Surgery (MSICS) for FECS was the only statistically significant variable associatedwith shorter interval between the FECS and SECS (p = 0.001).Conclusions: The SECS rate in UCH, Ibadan is still low with a prolonged interval between surgeries.