Irfan Qayyum Malik, Muhammad Abdul Rehman, Idrees Ahmad.
Visual Outcome after Phacomorphic Glaucoma.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;7(1):39-41.

Purpose: To compare the visual outcome of patients of phacomorphic glaucoma presenting early and late. Material and method: A study was conducted on 80 patients at eye department Mayo hospital Lahore. After diagnosis of phacomorphic glaucoma all the patients were divided into two equal groups. Group A included 40 patients who presented within one week of attack and Group B included 40 patients who presented after one week of attack. After controlling IOP and inflammation, all the patients were operated by ECCE with intra ocular lens implantation by a single surgeon. Evaluation of visual acuity was done on the first three post operative days while patients were in the ward. Follow up visit were done after one week, three weeks and finally after six weeks postoperatively. Results: After 6 weeks in Group A (patients presented within one week of attack) out of 40 patients 26 patients (65%) achieved good visual acuity i-e >6/18. While in Group B (patients presented after one week of attack) only 6 patients (15%) achieved this good visual acuity. Conclusion: Visual outcome depends on timely management. Timely management gives less post operative complications and improves the visual outcome.

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