Simultaneous Bilateral Cataract Surgery in Outreach Surgical Camps
Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and visual outcomes of simultaneous bilateral cataract surgery (SBCS) with intraocular lens implantation performed in outreach surgical eye camps. Methods: The medical records of 47 consecutive patients who underwent simultaneous bilateral...
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| author | Kagmeni Giles Ebana Steve Robert Ebana Mvogo Come Peter Wiedemann |
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| description | Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and visual outcomes of simultaneous bilateral cataract surgery (SBCS) with intraocular lens implantation performed in outreach surgical eye camps. Methods: The medical records of 47 consecutive patients who underwent simultaneous bilateral small-incision cataract surgery between January 2010 and December 2015 in outreach surgical camps in rural Cameroon were reviewed. The measures included postoperative visual outcomes and intraoperative and postoperative complications. Results: Data from 94 eyes of 47 participants (30 men, 17 women; mean age: 60.93 ± 13.58 years, range: 45-80 years) were included in this study. The presented best visual acuity (VA) was less than 3/60 in 100% of the eyes. At the 4-week follow-up, 84.04% of the eyes showed increased VA of 1 line or more ( P = .001).Of these, 71 (75.53%) achieved good VA (greater than 6/18). Intraoperative or postoperative complications occurred in 19 (20.21%) eyes. The most serious intraoperative complication was a posterior capsule rupture and vitreous loss (2 patients, 2 eyes). The postoperative complications included a transient elevation in the intraocular pressure (6 eyes), chronic corneal oedema (5 eyes), iris capture (3 eyes), lens decentration (2 eyes), and hyphema (1 eye). No cases of postoperative endophthalmitis were recorded. Conclusions: Under the strict observation of endophthalmitis prophylaxis, SBCS is an option to reduce the cataract blindness backlog in rural areas of developing countries. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1fd94c778e0b4cdb81541ab1414888972022-12-22T03:03:56ZengSAGE PublishingOphthalmology and Eye Diseases1179-17212017-03-01910.1177/117917211770173810.1177_1179172117701738Simultaneous Bilateral Cataract Surgery in Outreach Surgical CampsKagmeni Giles0Ebana Steve Robert1Ebana Mvogo Come2Peter Wiedemann3Eye Department, University Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, CameroonFaculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, CameroonCentral Hospital of Yaoundé, Yaoundé, CameroonEye Hospital, Leipzig University, Leipzig, GermanyObjectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and visual outcomes of simultaneous bilateral cataract surgery (SBCS) with intraocular lens implantation performed in outreach surgical eye camps. Methods: The medical records of 47 consecutive patients who underwent simultaneous bilateral small-incision cataract surgery between January 2010 and December 2015 in outreach surgical camps in rural Cameroon were reviewed. The measures included postoperative visual outcomes and intraoperative and postoperative complications. Results: Data from 94 eyes of 47 participants (30 men, 17 women; mean age: 60.93 ± 13.58 years, range: 45-80 years) were included in this study. The presented best visual acuity (VA) was less than 3/60 in 100% of the eyes. At the 4-week follow-up, 84.04% of the eyes showed increased VA of 1 line or more ( P = .001).Of these, 71 (75.53%) achieved good VA (greater than 6/18). Intraoperative or postoperative complications occurred in 19 (20.21%) eyes. The most serious intraoperative complication was a posterior capsule rupture and vitreous loss (2 patients, 2 eyes). The postoperative complications included a transient elevation in the intraocular pressure (6 eyes), chronic corneal oedema (5 eyes), iris capture (3 eyes), lens decentration (2 eyes), and hyphema (1 eye). No cases of postoperative endophthalmitis were recorded. Conclusions: Under the strict observation of endophthalmitis prophylaxis, SBCS is an option to reduce the cataract blindness backlog in rural areas of developing countries.https://doi.org/10.1177/1179172117701738 |
| spellingShingle | Kagmeni Giles Ebana Steve Robert Ebana Mvogo Come Peter Wiedemann Simultaneous Bilateral Cataract Surgery in Outreach Surgical Camps Ophthalmology and Eye Diseases |
| title | Simultaneous Bilateral Cataract Surgery in Outreach Surgical Camps |
| title_full | Simultaneous Bilateral Cataract Surgery in Outreach Surgical Camps |
| title_fullStr | Simultaneous Bilateral Cataract Surgery in Outreach Surgical Camps |
| title_full_unstemmed | Simultaneous Bilateral Cataract Surgery in Outreach Surgical Camps |
| title_short | Simultaneous Bilateral Cataract Surgery in Outreach Surgical Camps |
| title_sort | simultaneous bilateral cataract surgery in outreach surgical camps |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/1179172117701738 |
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