Dr.SIDDHARTH RAJENDRAGIRI GOSAI
OBJECTIVE: TO KNOW VISUAL OUTCOME IN CASE APHAKIA CHILDREN
METHODS: THIS WAS RETROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY, ENROLLED CHILDREN, ALL INFORMATION COLLECTED REGARDING DEMOGRAPHY, ETIOLOGY, PRIMARY SURGERY AND COMPLICATIONS. SECONDARY LENS IMPLANTED WITH OR WITHOUT VITRECTOMY USING VARIOUS TYPE OF LENSES. ALL CHILDREN <1.5 YEARS WERE KEPT APHAKIA DURING PRIMARY SURGERY ALSO INCLUDED IN STUDY ALL DATA EXPORTED FOR EMR AND ANALYSED BY SPSS 22 USING DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSES AND CROSS TABULATION. RESULTS: OUR COHORT INCLUDED 50 CASES WITH MEAN AGE 7.3+/-5,33(66%) MALE AND 17(34%) FEMALE.WE FOUND IN OUR STUDY WE COULD IMPLANT LENS IN 49(98%) , 13(26%) HAD TRAUMATIC AETIOLOGY, MEAN FOLLOW UP PERIOD WAS 378 DAYS.WE FOUND OUR IMPLANT HAD IMPROVED VISUAL ACUITY SIGNIFICANTLY.(P=.00) PARTICULARLY IN >5 AGE. NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE WAS FOUND WITH AETIOLOGY.
CONCLUSION: SECONDARY IMPLANT IN PEDIATRIC AGE GROUP IMPROVED VISION SIGNIFICANTLY. NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AETIOLOGIES
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