DR. RUPALI BARNWAL

DR. APEKSHA KATARIA, DR. MEHUL SHAH, DR. SHREYA SHAH

Abstract

INTRODUCTION:NUCLEUS DROP IS A RARE AND SERIOUS COMPLICATION.VISUAL OUTCOMES FOLLOWING CORRECTIVE SURGERY AND OUTCOMES OF SURGERIES PERFORMED IN VARIOUS AETIOLOGIES WERE COMPARED

METHOD:A RETROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY WAS DONE ON PATIENTS FOR NUCLEUS DROP.DATA WAS COLLECTED FROM EMR. PATIENTS WERE GROUPED BASED ON TRAUMATIC,IATROGENIC,SPONTANEOUS AND CONGENITAL.

RESULT:OUR COHORT CONSISTED OF 169 EYES. THE MEAN AGE OF PATIENTS WAS 55.36±15.7 YEARS.OF169 PATIENTS,107(63.3%)MEN AND 62(33.7%)WOMEN.OF 169 PATIENTS,44(26%)TRAUMATIC ND AND 125(74%)SPONTANEOUS ND FOLLOWING CATARACT SURGERIES.IN THE IATROGENIC GROUP,33(38.56%) PATIENTS DEVELOPED NUCLEUS DROP DURING PHACO AND 59(62.9%) AFTER SICS.

CONCLUSION:THE VISUAL OUTCOME FOLLOWING CORRECTIVE VITRECTOMY FOR NUCLEUS DROP MAY BE SATISFACTORY IF MANAGED WELL; NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THE OUTCOME WAS NOTED BASED ON THE AETIOLOGY.