Open AccessA review of 50 cases of Aphakic Detachment in Peshawar, North West Frontier Province of Pakistan
Author(s) -
Mir Zaman,
Munawar Hussain,
Babar Tf,
Aashaq Shah,
M. R. Khan
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
nigerian journal of medicine/the nigerian journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2667-0526
pISSN - 1115-2613
DOI - 10.4314/njm.v18i3.51174
Subject(s) - medicine , retinal detachment , ophthalmology , prospective cohort study , visual acuity , cataract surgery , incidence (geometry) , surgery , retinal , optometry , physics , optics
This prospective study was conducted at Khyber Teaching Hospital Peshawar, North West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan over the period of 16 months. It was to assess the demographic pattern, mode of presentation, treatment modalities and postoperative result of aphakic retinal detachment. This study also compared the incidence of aphakic retinal detachment in intracapsular versus extracapsular cataract extraction as well as the duration between cataract surgery and retinal detachment.