vision post couching Aphakia and pesudohakia operations
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2005 - 04
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Al-Neelain University
Abstract
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Cataract surgery in the removal lens of the eye (crystalline lens)
thaThas develtiped an opacificationf The visual results post operative
cataract are very good unless there are some complications post operative
cataract.
So the main purpose of this peace of research was to carry out a
comparative study of vision and visual acuities of eyes post-couching ,
aphakia, or intraocular lens implantation in order to fmd out which
surgical procedure served the patient best of all.
For this purpose one hundred and ten patients were taken randomly
from Sinnar Eye Hospital out patient clinic. Those eyes were aphakic or
have had an intraocular lens implantation.
A complete routine eye examination was carried out. Some thirty
eight patients whose eyes were couched by healers were collected from
the out skirts of Sinnar city.
Total number of 148 patients. 70 eyes has got pseudophakia, 70
eyes had got aphakia and 40 eyes had been couched. All results were
tabulated in six tables. The intraocular lens were best 80% of operations
were successful in restoring visual acuties 6/18 to 6/5 with lower
complication rate.
Aphakia is second 60% of operations were successful in restoring
visual acuities 6/18 to 6/5 and couching 20% successful in restoring
visual acuities 6/ 18 to 6/5.
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THESLS SUBMITTED AS PARTIN FULFILLMENTS FOR REQUIREMENT OF M.S.C DEGREE IN OPTOMETRY
Keywords
crystalline lens