Background: Pseudoexfoliation syndrome is an important ocular manifestation of a systemic disease, found to be common in cataract patients as well as in 50% of glaucoma patients. Present study was intended to assess the profile of Pseudoexfoliation syndrome and evaluate the surgical outcome of Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery in Pseudoexfoliative eyes. Material and Methods: Present study was prospective, observational, hospital-based study, conducted in patients with age more than 50 years, with Pseudoexfoliation, admitted for cataract surgery, posted for Manual Small incision cataract surgery(MSICS). All patients underwent a manual small incision cataract surgery, and visual outcomes of the procedures were recorded on the first postoperative day. Results: In present study, maximum numbers of patients were from the age group of 70-79 years (62.5%) and 56 (70%) patients were males and 24 (30%) were females. In this study of 80 patients with Pseudoexfoliation Syndrome, 60 patients had Bilateral Pseudoexfoliation i.e. 120 eyes (85.71%) while 20 patients had Unilateral Pseudoexfoliation i.e. 20 eyes (14.29%). In majority of the eyes 111 (79.29%) had involvement of lens with Pseudoexfoliation while 109 (77.86%) had pupillary involvement. Mean Anterior Chamber Depth in Pseudoexfoliative eyes was 2.50±0.22 mm. Majority of the eyes i.e. 74 (52.9%) were having IOP between 16 – 20 mm Hg. 61 eyes (43.6%) had IOP between 11 – 15 mm Hg. 80 eyes of 80 patients underwent MSICS, 17 (21.25%) patients developed Intraoperative Complications. Conclusion: There is significant association between Pseudoexfoliation syndrome and age, male preponderance and bilateral involvement of eyes. MSICS provides significant improvement in visual outcome in patients with Pseudoexfoliation syndrome with cataract.
Study of Patients with Pseudoexfoliation Syndrome Undergoing Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery in a Teaching Hospital
