DR. ASHWINI KORANNE

Dr. MEHUL SHAH, Dr. SHREYA SHAH, Dr. RUHI GUNAY

Abstract

BLINDNESS IN CHILDREN FOLLOWING GLOBE RUPTURE – SUBCATEGORY OF OPEN GLOBE INJURY CAUSING BLINDNESS.

METHOD:AFTER HAVING PERMISSION FROM ETHICAL COMMITTEE WE RETRIVED DATA FROM ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD FOR LAST FIVE YEARS IN SPECIFIC FORMAT USING EXCEL SHEET AND ANALYSED WITH SPSS 22. DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSES AND CROSS TABULATION FUNCTION HAS BEEN USED TO ANALYSE AND P<0.05 CONSIDERED SIGNIFICANT RESULTS: OUR COHORT CONSISTED OF 417 EYES, 32.1 % FEMALE AND 67.9% MALE WITH MEAN AGE 8.4 YRS.72.8% EYES PRESENTED WITH VISION <1/60 . 58.7 % WERE WOUND SIZE WAS 4-7 MM. ON COMPARATIVE STUDY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE FOUND BETWEEN PRE AND POST OPERATIVE VISION.(P=0.000) WE FOUND THAT 13.4% EYES HAD NO PERCEPTION OF LIGHT AT THE END OF TREATMENT.WE FOUND MORE BLINDNESS IN ZONE 3 INJURIES.(P=0.000) WHEN COMPARED WITH AGE GROUP BLINDNESS SIGNIFICANT.(P=0.02) CONCLUSION: GLOBE RUPTURE IN CHILDREN IS A SIGHT THREATENING CONDITION AND IT LEAVES 13.4% EYES BLIND.[advanced_iframe src="https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/embed.aspx?src=https://aiosproceedings.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/2021/E-Poster/FP2071.pptx" width="100%" height="608"]