DR. PRADEEPKUMAR CHANDANE

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

Abstract

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

METHOD: A RETROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY WAS DONE OF PATIENTS WHO UNDERWENT VITRECTOMY FOR NUCLEUS DROP. DATA WAS COLLECTED FROM HOSPITAL EMR.

RESULTS: OUR COHORT CONSISTED OF 169 EYES. THE MEAN AGE WAS 55.36± 15.7 YEARS.OF169 PATIENTS, 107(63.3%) WERE MEN AND 62(33.7%) WERE WOMEN. 44(26%) WERE TRAUMATIC NUCLEUS DROP AND 125 (74%) DEVELOPED SPONTANEOUS NUCLEUS DROP FOLLOWING CATARACT SURGERIES. WHEN COMPARED VISUAL OUTCOMES IN TRAUMATIC AND NON-TRAUMATIC ETIOLOGIES,NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE WAS FOUND BETWEEN THESE GROUPS.(P=0.783)

CONCLUSION: THE VISUAL OUTCOME FOLLOWING CORRECTIVE VITRECTOMY FOR NUCLEUS DROP MAY BE SATISFACTORY IF MANAGED WELL.THERE WAS NO DIFFERENCE IN VISUAL OUTCOMES BETWEEN TRAUMATIC AND NON-TRAUMATIC AETIOLOGIES