Dr.Smita Anand, A14553
AIM-A study on visual outcome of descemetopexy in post cataract surgery descemet membrane detachment.METHOD-Total of 83 patients who underwent descemetopexy were included .Cases were determined on the basis of assessment of size of detached descemet membrane post cataract surgery(small incision cataract surgery).Intracameral air was given and post operative follow-up done.RESULTS-Wilcoxon signed rank sum test was done to compare the baseline and final best corrected visual acuity(BCVA).Snellen’s equivalent median and mean baseline BCVA was 1.00(6/60)&1.13(0.49) respectively while final BCVA was 0.48(6/18)and 0.57(0.52) respectively.Conclusion- cataract surgery is cosidered a refracive surgery these days and complication like descemet membrane detachment can lead to severe visual morbidity unless actively intervened.Descemetopexy using air can be beneficial in such cases and early vision restoration is seen.KEYWORDS-Descemetopexy,descemet detachment,SICS complication,pneumatopexy.
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