Volume : X, Issue : VI, June - 2020

Central Corneal Thickness And Intraocular Pressure Changes After Congenital Cataract Surgery - A Prospective Study

Dr. Jayeeta Mazumder, Dr. Smiti Rani Srivastava, Dr. Mahesh Chattopadhyay

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PURPOSE: To evaluate the changes in central corneal thickness and intraocular pressure in infants and children aged 3 months to 12 years who had undergone congenital or developmental cataract extraction surgery. METHODS: Institution based prospective longitudinal study was carried out among patients with congenital or developmental cataract undergoing phacoaspiration and anterior vitrectomy. Eyes had IOL implantation (pseudophakic group) or remained aphakic (aphakic group). The CCT and IOP were measured in all cases preoperatively and at 1 month, 6months, and 12 months postoperatively. RESULTS: The study evaluated 50 eyes (50 patients). The mean pre–operative CCT was 553±29.29 microns and the mean preoperative IOP was 11.88±1.75 mm Hg. At 12 months postoperative follow–up, mean CCT was 580±35.84 microns and mean IOP was 16.24±3.24 mm Hg, the difference which is statistically significant (p<0.0001).Also in patients kept aphakic, the mean CCT at post–operative 12 months was greater (608±12.43 microns) than in pseudophakia (567±35 microns) and IOP was 19±3.8 mm Hg and 14.9±1.74mm Hg respectively. CONCLUSION: Central corneal thickness increased in patients after 12 months of congenital or developmental cataract extraction with a significant increase in intraocular pressure.

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CENTRAL CORNEAL THICKNESS AND INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE CHANGES AFTER CONGENITAL CATARACT SURGERY - A PROSPECTIVE STUDY, Dr. Jayeeta Mazumder, Dr. Smiti Rani Srivastava, Dr. Mahesh Chattopadhyay INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-10 | Issue-6 | June-2020

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