Phacoemulsification : our experience at a large Military Hospital

Mathur, Vijay; Singh, VK

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“…This technique leads to greater postoperative comfort, quicker visual rehabilitation and results in lesser post operative astigmatism as compared to ECCE with sutured limbal wound [3]. Before starting phacoemulsification, it certainly helps if the surgeon is familiar with steps of manual small incision cataract surgery like continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis (CCC), hydroprocedures and nucleus manipulation in the bag [4].…”

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Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery: Experience at a Military Hospital

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2006

Medical Journal Armed Forces India

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Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery: Experience at a Military Hospital

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2006

Medical Journal Armed Forces India

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Causes of subnormal vision in patients following cataract surgery at a tertiary hospital in Kashmir

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Cataract surgery is aimed at restoring sight to near normal vision. This study, conducted at the Department of Ophthalmology, Government Medical College, Srinagar, is an attempt to determine the causes of subnormal vision in patients following cataract surgery at a tertiary hospital in Kashmir. One hundred patients who underwent cataract surgery with an unaided visual acuity of <6/9 at 16 weeks postoperatively were included in the study. Postoperative follow-up examinations were conducted until the 16th week. Intraoperative and postoperative complications were recorded to determine the cause of subnormal vision. Of 100 patients, 40 underwent extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE), 30 underwent small incision cataract surgery (SICS) and 30 underwent phacoemulsification. Seventy-five percent of the patients who underwent ECCE had postoperative astigmatism with a mean astigmatism of 2.2 ± 0.81 diopters at 16 weeks, with the majority having with-the-rule astigmatism. In the SICS group, 17 (56.6 %) patients had a mean postoperative astigmatism of 0.75 ± 0.40 diopters, with the majority (82.3 %) having against-the-rule (ATR) astigmatism. In the phacoemulsification group, 13 (43.3 %) of the patients had a mean postoperative astigmatism of 0.48 ± 0.23 diopters with the majority having ATR astigmatism. Other causes of subnormal vision were pseudophakic ametropia, posterior capsular opacity and intraoperative complications like posterior capsular rent and vitreous loss. Postoperative astigmatism was the major cause of subnormal vision with greater astigmatism seen in the ECCE group. Therefore, procedures like smaller incision sutureless surgery and careful biometry are advocated to improve visual outcome and patient satisfaction.

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Phacoemulsification : our experience at a large Military Hospital

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Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery: Experience at a Military Hospital

Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery: Experience at a Military Hospital

Causes of subnormal vision in patients following cataract surgery at a tertiary hospital in Kashmir

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