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Original Article

Management and Visual Outcome in Patients of Lens-induced Glaucomas at a Tertiary Eye Care Hospital in South India

M Sharanabasamma, K Vaibhav

Keywords : Lens-induced glaucoma, Phacolytic glaucoma, Phacomorphic glaucoma

Citation Information : Sharanabasamma M, Vaibhav K. Management and Visual Outcome in Patients of Lens-induced Glaucomas at a Tertiary Eye Care Hospital in South India. J Curr Glaucoma Pract 2016; 10 (2):68-75.

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10008-1204

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

Published Online: 01-08-2019

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2016; The Author(s).


Abstract

Aims: To outline the different characteristics of glaucomas and to determine the risk factors and their consequences on postoperative visual acuity, intraocular pressure (IOP), and inflammation, including corneal changes and optic disk changes. Settings and designs: Longitudinal prospective study done over a period of 1.5 years in a medical college hospital. Materials and methods: Fifty patients of lens-induced glaucoma (LIG) were included. At presentation, visual acuity, IOP, and inflammation, including corneal changes, were recorded. After medical line of treatment, postoperatively patients were followed up regularly at 2 and 7 weeks interval and the same parameters were evaluated including optic disk changes. Statistical analysis used: Paired t-test, chi-square test wherever applicable with p-value < 0.05 as significant. Results: The mean age of presentation was 60.68 years with female to male ratio of 1.7:1. The best corrected visual acuity(BCVA) of 6/18 or more was found in 54% cases, whereas visual acuity of less than 6/60 was seen in 26% of cases. Visual acuity of 6/12 or better was achieved in 72% (p < 0.01) of cases with symptoms less than 2 weeks and in 59.10% of cases with IOP of less than 35 mm Hg at presentation. The mean IOP in cases with duration of symptoms of 2 to 4 weeks was 40.33 ± 9.36 mm Hg. Optic disk of the affected eye suffered damage in 42% of cases and in 80% of cases with symptoms for more than 2 weeks. Conclusion: Early diagnosis and treatment is beneficial in LIG cases.


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