vision post couching Aphakia and pesudohakia operations

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2005 - 04

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Al-Neelain University

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Abstract 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

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crystalline lens

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