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Entral Corneal Thickness Changes After Phacoemulsification, Tanveer Anjum Chaudhry, Muhammad Hamza, Wajiha Koomal, Khabir Ahmad

Department of Surgery

Purpose: To determine when the mean central corneal thickness (CCT) returns to normal values after uneventful phacoemulsification. Material and Methods: This was a prospective case series. The study was carried out at the Section of Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi. Eyes scheduled to undergo phacoemulsification during December 2011 – March 2012 were eligible to be included. Eyes with corneal degenerations, dystrophies or high pre-op astigmatism were excluded. A structured proforma was used to collect data on sociodemographics, comorbids, visual acuity, and CCT before surgery and 1 day, 1 week and 1 month after surgery. Changes in …

Visual Outcome Of Cataract Surgery., Farzeen Khalid Hashmi, Qazi Assad Khan, Tanveer Anjum Chaudhry, Khabir Ahmad

Department of Surgery

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The aim of this study was to assess whether the visual outcome of cataract surgery in the institution was in accordance with the World Health Organization recommendations. In this retrospective case series, all patients who underwent cataract surgery by a single surgeon from January 2009 till June 2011 were included. Date were collected from medical records on age, gender, visual acuity and causes of sub-optimal outcome. The main outcome was best-corrected visual acuity in the operated eye, measured 4 - 6 weeks after surgery. Data on visual outcome was grouped using WHO's classification. Of the 495 eyes that underwent …