Muhammad Tariq, Muhammad Bilal, Hira Ali, Shafqat Ali Shah, Haleema Zafar.
Visual Acuity of 100 patients after Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery (MSICS), in Mardan Medical Complex, Mardan. KPK.
Ophthalmol Update Jan ;16(2):603-5.

Objective: To determine visual outcome of MSICS with PCIOL . Material and Methods: This study was conducted in MMC from March 2017 - July 2017 , 100 patients of age group 50 to 75 years underwent MSICS with IOL surgeries. All patients were suffering age related cataract in which 55% were male and 45% were female. Informed consent were obtained. VA was checked on first postoperative day, first week and best correct VA on sixth week. Results: On first postoperative day 62% patients have VA of 6/6 -6/12, 20% patients have 6/18 to 6/36 and 6% patient have VA of 6/36-6/60 while 4% have VA of less than 6/ 60.At sixth week 90% patient have best corrected VA of 6/6-6/12 and 10% patient have 6/18 to 6/24. Conclusion: Due to effectiveness, affordability and less time consumption MSICS is the surgery of choice in many developing countries with good visual outcome.

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