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- Title
Study of corneal endothelial cells after cataract surgery.
- Authors
Chauhan, Ravi; Ekhar, Jayshree; Agrawal, Amit Rajendra; Kailuke, Aishwarya Rameshrao
- Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Senile cataract has been documented to be the most significant cause of bilateral blindness in India. Cataract Extraction constitutes the largest workload in ophthalmic units in India. Cataract is responsible for 62.4% of blindness in India and the prevalence of blindness due to cataract is 5.3% [1]. Such a high prevalence of cataract is due to absence of effective eye health care delivery system, COVID outbreaks resulting in cessation of non-emergency surgeries and relatively poor surgical care. METHODOLOGY: Detailed history including demographics, ocular disease, past medical and surgical history, drug history and personal history and examination was done for all the study participants. An informed written consent was taken from all the patients. The need for the investigations and the procedure to be done was explained to all in detail. The patients have given wilful consent to be a part of the study. RESULTS: The comparison between both groups postoperatively, showed statistically insignificant alteration in cell density of endothelial cells in cornea post operatively. (p value 0.4). The comparison between both groups postoperatively, showed statistically insignificant alteration in Central Corneal Thickness of cornea post operatively. (p value 0.39). CONCLUSION: The results in our study show that manual SICS is as safe for the corneal endothelium as phacoemulsification, is almost as effective, and is much more economical. These factors indicate that SICS can be an alternative to phacoemulsification in areas in which surgeons proficient in phacoemulsification and phaco machines are not available.
- Subjects
INDIA; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; CATARACT surgery; ENDOTHELIAL cells; MEDICAL care; CORNEA; COVID-19 pandemic
- Publication
Indian Journal of Basic & Applied Medical Research, 2023, Vol 12, Issue 3, p116
- ISSN
2250-284X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.36855/IJBAMR/2022/98215.5830