dc.contributor.author | Saiba, S Eugene | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-23T14:20:15Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-05-23T14:20:15Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2006 | |
dc.identifier.citation | M.Med (Ophthalmology) Thesis | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/25008 | |
dc.description | Master of Medicine Thesis | en |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Cataract is the leading cause of blindness in children in East Africa. The
outcome of surgery is poor, partly because of the inadequate correction of aphakia and
also the loss to follow up in patients who have uneducated parents in most of cases.
Objectives The aim of Lilt~study was to determine the visual outcome, the intraoperative
and postoperative complications due to the childhood cataract surgery at KNH
Methodology: A retrospective study, reviewed 77 patients between 1995 and 2005, 8
patients were e: eluded, with a total of 121 eyes analyzed from 58 bilateral and 11
unilateral cataracts. A follow up of 6 months was done and data was analyzed using SPSS
115 version
Results: Preoperatively, 63.8% of patients were male, with a p value <0001.
62.3% of them were aged 1 year or less.
it was noticed 72.5% of patients who came toKNH 6 months or less after the problem
was noticed with a mean of 6.4 months for congenital cataract and 35.7 months for
developmental cataract. 28 eyes had primary IOL implantation, 17 eyes had secondary
IOL implantation and 76 eyes remained aphakics.
Preoperatively, 71.1% of eyes were blind with 19.8% and 12.4% having nystagmus and
strabismus respectively. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | University of Nairobi | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.title | Outcome of childhood cataract surgery as seen at KNH | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
dc.description.department | a
Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, ; bDepartment of Mental Health, School of Medicine,
Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya | |
local.publisher | Department of Medicine, University of Nairobi | en |