Publication: Clinical Characteristics of Cataract Patients and Outcome of Cataract Surgery in Tertiary Care Hospital in Central Nepal
Date
2022
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
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Publisher
Kathmandu University
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Background
Cataract remains the leading cause of avoidable blindness in low-income countries
such as Nepal. Despite the availability of surgical interventions for cataract in leading
institutions, still a large number of patients from remote areas delay or have difficulty
in getting treatment, present late or with complications.
Objective
To determine the clinical characteristics and visual outcome of patients undergoing
cataract surgery in Tertiary Care Hospital in Central Nepal.
Method
We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 138 patients who underwent
cataract surgery at a tertiary care hospital from January 2018 to September 2022. R
version 4.0.3 was used for the data analysis. Categorical variables are presented as
frequency (percentages) and the numerical ones are presented as mean (standard
deviation).
Result
During follow-up visits between one to three weeks, 91.9% out of 135 patients had
normal/near normal presenting visual acuity and with best correction it was 96.9%
out of 131 patients. About 1.6% out of 124 operated eyes still had moderate visual
impairment after best correction when they visited for follow-up at 12 weeks.
Conclusion
The study findings underline the ongoing gap in increasing access to cataract
treatment, given the large proportion of individuals who still presented extremely
late.
KEY WORDS
Cataract, Complication, Characteristics, Outcome, Surgery
Description
Shrestha A,1 Shrestha P,1 Shrestha T,1 Makaju Shrestha R,1 Shrestha B,2 Poudel L,2 Shrestha JK1
1Department of Ophthalmology
Dhulikhel Hospital, Kathmandu University Hospital
Dhulikhel, Kavre, Nepal
2Central Department of Public Health
Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University
Kathmandu, Nepal
Keywords
Cataract, Complication, Characteristics, Outcome, Surgery