Volume : IX, Issue : II, February - 2020

Assessment of Intra operative and Postoperative complications in Cataract surgeries (Small Incision Cataract Surgery) performed by trainees in a Medical College.

Dr. V. Sowmya, Dr. M. S. S. Keerthi, Dr. A. Venkateswara Rao

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Introduction: Cataract has remained the preventable cause of blindness worldwide and cataract surgery especially sics is the most common procedure performed in ophthalmology worldwide. Objective: To assess intraoperative and postoperative complications at cataract surgeries (Small Incision Cataract Surgery) performed by 2nd and 3rd year trainees in Alluri Sitarma Raju Academy of Medical Sciences, Eluru. Materials and Methods: This is a randomized prospective study with sample size 50 patients undergoing small incision cataract surgery by second and third year postgraduate residents performed in our department of Ophthalmology, Alluri Sitarma Raju Academy of Medical Sciences, Eluru during period of March 2019 to June 2019. Results: Most common intra operative complication that occurred in our study are scleral tunnel (18) followed by cortical wash (15) and capsular flaps while doing can opener technique of anterior capsule removal (15). Most common postoperative complication that occurred in our study was with striate keratopathy (25), followed by AC reaction (18) and corneal edema(16) Conclusion: Patients having age related cataract are included in the study group. Here in this study residents facing complications while performing the cataract surgery and complications presented after the surgery were analysed in the form of a questionnaire.

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ASSESSMENT OF INTRA OPERATIVE AND POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS IN CATARACT SURGERIES (SMALL INCISION CATARACT SURGERY) PERFORMED BY TRAINEES IN A MEDICAL COLLEGE., Dr. V. Sowmya, Dr. M.S.S. Keerthi, Dr. A.Venkateswara Rao INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-2 | February-2020

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