Abstract
Aim: Assessment of visual outcome following small incision cataract surgery at a tertiary health center.
Method: This is a descriptive study conducted at Sri Siddhartha Medical College and Hospital, Tumkur for eighteen months period from November 2018 to May 2020. 120 patients who underwent cataract surgery were selected by simple random sampling and were studied and followed up for a period of six weeks.
Results: In our study post operative best corrected visual was 6/6 in 80 (66.6 %) patients, 6/9 in 12 (10.0 %) patients and 6/12 in 28 (23.3 %) patients. In our study 65 (54.1 %) cases developed astigmatism and 55 (45.8 %) cases developed posterior capsular opacification. The most important complication was astigmatic error (54.1%) because superior incision was used in 50 (76.9 %) cases and 15 (23.0 %) cases had IOL induced.
Conclusion: The results in our study compared favorably with results reported from other studies. The magnitude of cataract in our country demands large volume eye surgeries. The study results show that high quality cataract surgery can be attained in a high volume setting.
Well organized cataract screening camps can be conducted combined with efficient base hospital surgery, using a safe surgical technique, which provides early and good Visual outcome can be a strategy to reduce the backlog of cataract blindness in rural communities in developing countries.
Keywords: MSICS, Astigmatism, PCO.
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Corresponding Author
Dr Abhinav Ashok Agrawal
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v9i2.26
