PURPOSE: There are no clear guidelines to treat traumatic cataract. This study was conducted to provide evidence-based care to patients with traumatic cataracts and to examine the effect of the time interval between injury and the first intervention on the final visual outcome. METHODS: In a prospective cohort study, all patients presenting to our hospital with traumatic cataracts between January 2003 and December 2009 were enrolled. Information regarding demographics and ocular trauma was collected on the pretested World Eye Trauma Registry form for both the first and follow-up visits. In particular, we collected specific information on the time interval between the injury and intervention. The relationship between this time interval and the final visual outcome was analyzed. The study was conducted at a tertiary eye care center, in Dahod, at the junction of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan states, in central western India. RESULTS: The time interval between the injury and first intervention had a significant effect on the final visual outcome (p = 0.02, chi2 test). CONCLUSIONS: The morphology of traumatic cataracts plays an important role in determining the appropriate surgical technique and the final visual outcome.
PURPOSE: There are no clear guidelines to treat traumatic cataract. This study was conducted to provide evidence-based care to patients with traumatic cataracts and to examine the effect of the time interval between injury and the first intervention on the final visual outcome. METHODS: In a prospective cohort study, all patients presenting to our hospital with traumatic cataracts between January 2003 and December 2009 were enrolled. Information regarding demographics and ocular trauma was collected on the pretested World Eye Trauma Registry form for both the first and follow-up visits. In particular, we collected specific information on the time interval between the injury and intervention. The relationship between this time interval and the final visual outcome was analyzed. The study was conducted at a tertiary eye care center, in Dahod, at the junction of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan states, in central western India. RESULTS: The time interval between the injury and first intervention had a significant effect on the final visual outcome (p = 0.02, chi2 test). CONCLUSIONS: The morphology of traumatic cataracts plays an important role in determining the appropriate surgical technique and the final visual outcome.
Authors: Juan Carlos Serna-Ojeda; Jorge Cordova-Cervantes; Miriam Lopez-Salas; Alberto Carlos Abdala-Figuerola; Aida Jimenez-Corona; Humberto Matiz-Moreno; Eduardo Chavez-Mondragon Journal: Int Ophthalmol Date: 2014-07-16 Impact factor: 2.031