DR. DILIPKUMAR BATRA

DR. SHREYA SHAH, DR. MEHUL SHAH, DR. ASHWINI KORANNE

Abstract

INTRODUCTION:OF ALL INJURIES TO EYE,THE MOST DISASTROUS IS A BURN DUE TO CHEMICAL IRRITANT QUICKLIME.IT MAY RESULT IN ADHESIONS OF THE CONJUNCTIVA AND OPACIFICATION OF CORNEA WITH MARKED REDUCTION OF VISION.

MATERIALS AND METHODS:A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY WAS DONE,PATIENTS ENROLLED FROM 2020-21.CREATION OF FORMAT AND RETRIVAL OF DATA FROM EMR AND ANALYSED WITH SPSS 22.DESCRIPTIVE AND CROSS TABULATION USED FOR ANALYSES.P VALUE <0.05 CONSIDERED STASTICALLY SIGNIFICANT. RESULTS:OUR COHORT CONSISTED OF 11 PATIENTS WITH MEAN AGE 17.45 YEARS(7 FEMALES,4 MALES).MOST COMMON TISSUE AFFECTED WAS CONJUNCTIVA(11)AND CORNEA(9).4 UNDEREWENT AMG TRANSPLANT.MEAN DURATION OF FOLLOW UP WAS 46.82 DAYS.ON COMPARING THE VISUAL OUTCOME POST TREATMENT,NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE WAS OBSERVED(P=0.09) CONCLUSION:LIME INJURY CAN PRODUCE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO OCULAR SURFACE LEADING TO VISUAL IMPAIRMENT.AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE IF DONE WITHIN APPROPRIATE TIME PERIOD HAS PROVED ITS EFFICACY IN PROVIDING GOOD VISUAL OUTCOMES.