Factors Related to Vision of Leprosy Patients Post Cataract Extraction and Intraocular Lens Implantation In Raj-PrachaSamasai Institute
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Vision, cataract, leprosy patients, Raj-PrachaSamasai InstituteAbstract
The purpose of this retrospective study was to determine correlation of factor(s) from leprosy patient post cataract extraction and intraocular lens implantation in Raj-Prachasamasai Institute of their visions for the period from 2000 - 2006. The data for this study was obtained from the medical records of the patients who received the medical treatment from the doctors of the Institute, which were collected at the ophthalmologic service of the Institute. The data contained exhaustive diagnosis of 138 cases and were analyzed with frequency, percentage, and mean. The relationships among them were obtained by computerized Chi-square test. The study revealed that the factors of sex, age, type of leprosy, domiciles, and eye abnormalities of the patients had no significant relationship statistically.Although those factors showed no relation among them according to the statistic, the readiness and the least abnormalities would enhance the level of success in the case of treatment by surgery. Therefore, in order to perform cataract extraction and intraocular lens implantation in leprosy patients, the preparation of the patients' eye conditions to the most normal conditions are very important, such as the preparations including correction of eyelids, pterygium excision or treatment of the iris, etc.
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