Outcomes of Bilateral Cataract Surgery in Tanzanian Children

Bowman, Richard; Kabiru, Joy; Negretti, Guy S.; Wood, Mark

doi:10.1016/j.ophtha.2007.01.030

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“…The visual outcome was better than the study done in tertiary eye center Lahan (Wilson et al, 2010) and poor than study done by Bowman in Tanzanian children (Bowman et al, 2007) and Cassidy in London (Cassidy et al, 2001). There was a significant correlation between preoperative vision and improvement of vision postoperatively (P=0.001) which is similar to study done by Bowman et al where preoperative blindness was the strongest predictor of poor postoperative visual outcome (Bowman et al, 2007).…”

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“…This may be due to smaller number of cases in my study. Bowman et al (2007), Shah et al (2012) and Hochstrasser et al (1994) has shown that insertion of IOL resulted in significant improvement in visual outcome. Our study did not show significant correlation with postoperative final visual outcome in relation to IOL implantation or aphakia (P=0.129), this may be due to early correction of aphakia with glasses in aphakic cases and amblyopia therapy.…”

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Factors affecting the visual outcome of pediatric cataract surgery: a hospital based prospective study in eastern Nepal

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The World Health Organization’s (WHO) global initiative for the elimination of avoidable blindness by the year 2020 (Thylefors et al., 1995) has prioritized the control of childhood blindness. Currently cataract remains one of the most important causes of treatable blindness in children (Giles et al., 2016).In Nepal, as in other developing countries, cataract is believed to be a leading cause of blindness in children. According to The Nepal Blindness Survey from 1978 to 1980, congenital cataract accounted for 16.3% of blindness detected in children under the age of 15 years (Brilliant et al., 1985). Epidemiology of Blindness in Nepal 2012 survey has suggested that the prevalence of childhood blindness has reduced from 0.68% in 1981 to 0.4% in 2011 (Sapkota, 2012).

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Factors affecting the visual outcome of pediatric cataract surgery: a hospital based prospective study in eastern Nepal

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“…Overall, 22.5 % patients had visual acuity less than 6/60 of which 8.01% had visual acuity less than 3/60 in the better eye. This outcome is comparable to results from Nepal, 35 and India, 36,30 but poorer than reports from the developed world. 12,15,17,19,20 This could be due to the duration of follow-up being only 6 months or small sample size .…”

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Visual Recovery After Surgical Treatment in Children With Bilateral Congenital Cataract

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“…Spectacle frames for small babies were available at 10 centers (47.6%); frames for young children were available at 16 (76.2%) centers. Other optical devices were available as follows: executive bifocals (11, 52.4%), high ''plus'' add spectacles (11,52 In 2007, 4,702 surgeries were carried out, including 1,369 for congenital or developmental cataract and slightly less than half that number for strabismus (Table 2). There was significant variation between institutions; centers in eastern Africa reported large numbers of congenital and developmental cataract surgeries, while a center in South Africa reported a large number of strabismus surgeries.…”

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