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Refractive Outcome of Cataract Surgery Done at University of Gondar Tertiary Eye Care and Training Center, North West Ethiopia
- Source :
- Patient Related Outcome Measures
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2021.
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Abstract
- Masresha Mengistu, Fisseha Admassu, Teshager Wondale, Asamere Tsegaw Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, EthiopiaCorrespondence: Asamere TsegawDepartment of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, P.O.Box 196, Gondar, EthiopiaTel +251939912863Email asameret@yahoo.comPurpose: According to World Health Organization (WHO), cataract is the leading cause of blindness and visual impairment throughout the world. Post-operative refractive error is one of the commonest reasons for poor visual outcome after cataract surgery especially in developing countries where the standard modern biometry equipments are not available. The objective of this study was to assess the refractive outcome of cataract surgery done at University of Gondar (UoG) Tertiary Eye Care and Training Center, North West Ethiopia.Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was done on 66 patients who had undergone manual small incision cataract surgery (MSICS) and fulfilled the inclusion criteria at UoG Tertiary Eye Care and Training Center from July 15 2019 to October 15 2019.Results: From 90 post-operatively refracted eyes, 58 (64.4%) eyes achieved a target refraction of ± 1.00 Diopter (D). The right and left eyes achieved mean post-operative refraction SE of − 0.073± 1.45D and − 0.93± 1.70 D, respectively. But only 54 (60%) eyes were implanted with the calculated IOL power and for the remaining 40% the calculated IOL was not available at the store. And the target (Good) post-operative uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) and best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was achieved in 66.7% and 82.2% eyes, respectively.Conclusion: The post-operative refractive outcome after cataract surgery at the center is low. For over one-third of operated eyes, the calculated IOL was not implanted due to the absence of the required IOL power at the store and, therefore, a wide range of IOL power should be available at the center.Keywords: cataract surgery, outcome, Gondar, Ethiopia
- Subjects :
- Refractive error
genetic structures
business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment
Visual impairment
cataract surgery
Cataract surgery
Eye care
medicine.disease
Refraction
Patient Related Outcome Measures
eye diseases
Training center
North west
outcome
Gondar
medicine
Optometry
Ethiopia
sense organs
medicine.symptom
business
Dioptre
Original Research
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1179271X
- Volume :
- 12
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Patient Related Outcome Measures
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1fdedf967af8fefa3de3fec5c83fb5a5