Lens Induced Glaucoma: Outcomes and Reasons for Late Presentation- Prospective Study

Lens Induced Glaucoma (LIG) is a type of secondary Glaucoma characterised by an acute rise of IOP, pain, redness, diminished vision with senile hypermature, mature or rarely immature cataract in affected eye. Definitive treatment is removal of cataractous lens after prompt control of IOP. Visual outcome is good if operated earlier, otherwise due to long duration of raised IOP leads to Glaucomatous Optic Atrophy with poor visual prognosis. It was a hospital based prospective study done in Ophthalmology department of NMCH , Patna, Bihar. Total 44 patients of LIG were included in the study. It was found that phacomorphic type of LIG was highest in prevalence i.e. 65.91% and phacolytic type 29.54%. After surgery maximum patients (81.82%) were discharged with normal IOP. After 4 weeks of surgery majority of patients had good improvement of vision. Lens Induced Glaucoma is preventable & curable condition, by spreading awareness regarding its danger and encouraging people for timely cataract surgery. Late presentation is one of the reasons for irreversible loss of vision.

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Infraumbilical-ring capillary abdominocentesis in late presentation ectopic pregnancy: A prospective study

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics ◽

10.1016/0020-7292(82)90129-1 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 38 (3) ◽

pp. 201-206 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

O.G.N. Jennings ◽

G.R. Howarth ◽

M. Bhana ◽

L.C. Snyman ◽

L. Hellstrom ◽

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Keyword(s):

Prospective Study ◽

Ectopic Pregnancy ◽

Late Presentation ◽

A Prospective Study

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A Prospective Study on Laparoscopic Intervention in Acute Appendicitis in a Teritiary Care Hospital, North Andhra

Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare ◽

10.18410/jebmh/2021/382 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (24) ◽

pp. 2034-2039

Author(s):

Janni Laxman ◽

Patnala Mohan Patro ◽

Janardana Rao K.V.

Keyword(s):

Acute Appendicitis ◽

Prospective Study ◽

Hospital Stay ◽

Clinical Outcomes ◽

Laparoscopic Appendectomy ◽

Operating Time ◽

Open Appendectomy ◽

Late Presentation ◽

Age Group ◽

A Prospective Study

BACKGROUND We wanted to determine the various pre-operative and intra-operative factors responsible for conversion to open technique of appendectomy and compare the clinical outcomes of hospital-stay and operating time between open appendectomy and laparoscopic appendectomy. METHODS Patients presented to General surgery Department of GITAM Institute of Medical Sciences and Research with features suggestive of acute appendicitis from September 2017 to November 2019 were included in this study. This is a prospective study which included a total of 100 patients. These patients were divided into two groups of 50 each. One group of patients with early presentation with symptoms of less than 3 days of duration, another group with late presentation of 3 or more days of onset of symptoms were included. In this study we wanted to compare the clinical outcomes of hospital stay and operating time between open appendectomy and laparoscopic appendectomy. RESULTS In this study, majority of patients belong to age group 20 - 44 years who had delayed presentation to hospital, in contrast to patients who presented early involved the age group of 21 – 30 years. In this study, pain abdomen was the commonest symptom (100 %) with which patient presented. The other symptoms were nausea/vomiting (72 %), fever (63 %). Seven patients presented with diarrhea. CONCLUSIONS Our data suggest that laparoscopic appendectomy is associated with improved clinical outcomes even in patients who had late presentation. KEYWORDS Appendicitis, Laparoscopic, Gangrenous

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