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Immediate sequential bilateral cataract surgery: a retrospective cohort study from Pakistan

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First Author: R.Siddiqui PAKISTAN

Co Author(s):    S. Hussain   I. Jeeva                 

Abstract Details

Purpose:

The aim of this study was to assess the frequency of postoperative complications after immediate sequential bilateral cataract surgery (ISBSC) in a low-middle income country.

Setting:

This is a 10-year retrospective study including all consecutive patients who underwent ISBCS between January 2009 and December 2018 at Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH), Karachi, Pakistan.

Methods:

Patients were identified through the coding system of the hospital. A structured proforma was used to collect information. Patients who underwent an additional procedure on the operated eye on the same day such as phaco with vitrectomy or phaco with corneal graft were excluded. The data was analyzed with Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23.0, IBM Corporation, Armonk, New York, USA. A p-value of < 0.05 was considered significant.

Results:

We identified 352 patients through coding system of our hospital who underwent ISBCS from January 2009 to December 2018. Fifty four patients were excluded from the study. A total of 298 patients (596 eyes) met the inclusion criteria. The mean age was 33.14±25.83 years. Participants were divided into two three age groups: <16 (39.26 %) years, 17-39 (14.76%) years and >40 (45.97 %) years of age. Best-corrected visual acuity improved from -0.5650±8.2027 to -0.0043+4.05. Among 596 eyes, we found no case of postoperative endophthalmitis after ISBCS. No other complications such as corneal decompensation occurred in any of the operated eyes.

Conclusions:

ISBCS is a safe procedure in selected patients undergoing cataract surgery in a low-middle income country.

Financial Disclosure:

None