Sidrah Riaz, Muhammad Tariq Khan, Khalid Mahmood, Saleem Akhtar.
Frequency of Hepatitis B & C in Previously Unscreened patients Admitted for Elective Cataract Surgery.
Ophthalmol Update Jan ;14(4):128-30.

Objective: To determine frequency of hepatitis B & C in patients admitted for cataract surgery. Methods: A descriptive study conducted at Department of Ophthalmology in Akhtar Saeed Trust hospital, Lahore. The duration of study was 08 months from January 2015 to August 2015. All the patients admitted for cataract surgery were screened for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and anti HCV antigen using immune-chromatography (ICT) method after taking informed consent from patients and hospital ethical committee. Diagnosis was made on basis of positive results for Anti HCV or HbsAg or both. Patient information was recorded on performs, data collected and analysed. Results: 500 patients were admitted for cataract surgery from outpatient department (OPD) in Akhter Saeed Trust Hospital. Mean age of patients was 55 years out of these 273 were males (54.6%) and 227 were females (45.4%). 191 patients (38.2%) were carriers of either Hepatitis B or C. Hepatitis B accounted for 72 cases (14.4%)and Hepatitis C for 119 cases (23.8%). No patient was affected with B and C simultaneously.

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