Dr. Nadisha Puri, P17035, Dr. Abhishek Hoshing, Dr. Vijay Shetty, Dr. Suhas Haldipurkar
Aim: To assess visual outcomes of patients with primary corneal tear repair (CTR) in a tertiary care eye institute.
Methods: Records of patients undergoing primary CTR, from 1stNovember 2010 – 30th April 2016, were identified.Details of patient demographics, mode of injury, presentation time& corneal tear characteristics were noted.Proportions, means &medians were generated for each variable as applicable. Visual acuities (VA) were compared at post-op 1 month &final follow up.
Results: 59 eyes of 59 patients who presented at mean 2.7+8.9 days were analysed. Median presenting VA, post-op 1month & final VA were 1.6(0.18 to 3), 0.48(0-3) & 0.18(0.0-3.0) logMAR respectively. The final VA was significantly better than presenting VA (P<0.001). Significant correlation was noted between presenting & final VA (r=0.54,p<0.001). Tears <1/2 corneal diameter had better visual outcome (p=0.01).
Conclusion: Small size tears and better presenting VA are associated with better final VA outcomes.