Volume : III, Issue : VII, July - 2014

Corneal Astigmatism in Adults Attending Eye Clinic

Dr. Suhas Shripad Kulkarni, Dr. Deepak Shashikant Khismatrao

Abstract :

The magnitude of corneal astigmatism among adults is not only high but also has a wide variation worldwide. In many developing countries including India, there is insufficient data on its magnitude among adults. In this retrospective study we have analyzed distribution of different types, axis and grades of astigmatism. Out of 3086 patients of refractive errors 957(31%) patients had Astigmatic error. Male to female ratio was 0.9:1. Myopic, hyperopic, and mixed astigmatism was present in 420(43.9%), 282(29.5%) and 255(26.65%) patients respectively. Out of 957 patients, 388(40.5%) are of simple astigmatism, 314(32.8%) of compound astigmatism and 255(26.7%) of mixed astigmatism. Mild, moderate and high astigmatism was present in 587(61.34%), 274(28.63%), and 96(10.03%) patients respectively. With the rule (WTR), against the rule (ATR), and oblique astigmatism was present in 488(51%), 291(30.4%) and 178(18.6%) patients respectively.

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Dr. Suhas Shripad Kulkarni, Dr. Deepak Shashikant Khismatrao Corneal Astigmatism in Adults Attending Eye Clinic Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.4, Issue.7 July 2014

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