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Cataracts are the most common cause of visual impairment in older adults and can be corrected with cataract surgery. This study evaluated whether cataract surgery reduces the one-year risk of falls\/fractures in Medicare beneficiaries with cataract.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Using 2019-2021 claims data from a nationally representative cohort of 940\u2009233 Medicare fee-for-service enrollees (66+ years), we identified those with untreated cataract in 2019 and grouped them into those with and without cataract surgery in 2020. Using the surgery date (surgery group) or a randomly assigned date in 2020 (non-surgery group) as the index date, we identified incident falls\/fractures (outpatient, emergency department, or inpatient) during the following 365\u2009days. We used a propensity score-based (with average treatment effect on the treated weights) linear probability regression model to estimate the association of cataract surgery with the risk (likelihood) of falls\/fractures, accounting for observed differences between those with and without surgery.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Without surgery, the estimated likelihood of falls\/fractures was 8.86% (95% CI, 8.53-9.18%). Cataract surgery was not associated with a significant difference in the risk of falls\/fractures (risk difference = \u22120.15 percentage points; 95% CI, \u22121.0, 0.74). Similar findings were observed for subgroups by race and ethnicity, frailty, and fall\/fracture history.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Cataract surgery was not significantly associated with one-year risk of falls\/fractures in Medicare beneficiaries. Future studies should evaluate fall risk over a longer follow-up period or the impact of surgery on self-reported falls not captured by the healthcare system.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/gerona\/glag002","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,16]],"date-time":"2026-01-16T12:33:11Z","timestamp":1768566791000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["The association of cataract surgery with risk of falls and fractures among Medicare enrollees with cataract"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"81","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2817-6417","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Atalie C","family":"Thompson","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, Wake Forest School of Medicine , Winston-Salem, North Carolina,","place":["United States"]},{"name":"Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine , Winston-Salem, North Carolina,","place":["United 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