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Postoperative endophthalmitis after immediate sequential bilateral cataract surgery: a retrospective study from Pakistan

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First Author: M.Siddiqui PAKISTAN

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

Abstract Details

Purpose:

The aim of this study was to assess the frequency of post-operative 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 AKUH. This study was conducted at Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH), Karachi, Pakistan

Methods:

Patients were identified through the coding system of the hospital. Structured proforma was used to collect information. Patients who underwent additional procedure on the operated eye at the same day such as phaco plus vitrectomy and phaco plus corneal graft were excluded. The data was imported into excel and analysed via SPSS software, version 23.0 (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, IBM Corporation, Armonk, New York, USA). A p value of < 0.05 was considered as significant throughout the analysis

Results:

We identified 352 patients through coding system of our hospital who underwent ISBCS from January 2009 to December 2018. A total of 298 patients (596 eyes) met inclusion criteria. Mean age (years) was 33.14 + 25.83. Participants were divided into two different age groups as: <16 (32.21 %) and > 16 (67.78%). Best‑corrected visual acuity improved from -0.5650+8.2027 to -0.0043+4.05. Among 596 eyes, we found no case of post-operative endophthalmitis after ISBCS. No other complications such as posterior capsular tears, unilateral cystoid macular edema, retinal detachment, corneal de-compensation and intraocular haemorrhage occurred in any of the eyes.

Conclusions:

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

Financial Disclosure:

None