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A follow‐up study on visual outcome after camp‐based intracapsular cataract extraction
Author(s) -
Shri Verma Lalit,
Gupta Sanjeev K.,
Murthy G. V. S.,
Goyal Mallika,
Pant T. D.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
tropical medicine and international health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1365-3156
pISSN - 1360-2276
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1996.d01-45.x
Subject(s) - visual acuity , medicine , ophthalmology , cataract extraction , optometry , near vision
Summary The visual outcome of 164 intracapsular cataract extractions (ICCE) performed in 158 patients at an eye‐camp was evaluated. 93.3% had a preoperative visual acuity of less than 3/60. On the 4th/5th post‐operative day, 39.3% had a visual acuity between 6/18 and 6/36; 84.7% had vision better than 3/60. Six weeks post‐operatively, 44.1% had visual acuity better than 6/18 and a total of 84.1% better than 3/60. The vision of 40.7% improved between the 4th/5th post‐operative day and the follow‐up visit at 6 weeks. 46.4% of patients had post‐operative corrected visual acuity better than 6/18, 24.3% had vision between 6/18 and 6/36, and a total of 84.3% had vision better than 3/60. The patients' satisfaction in terms of improvement in mobility and ability to do housework at 6 weeks after the operation correlated better with the improvement in vision in terms of the number of Snellen's lines than with the actual post‐operative visual acuity.