Abstract
Purpose: To study the prevalence of complications of anterior uveitis and share the experience of their management.
Material and Methods: The study was conducted at Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre, Karachi from March 1998 to February 2003. All these patients presented in the out patient department of Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre. The detailed history was taken. Complete clinical examination was done to record the findings and all patients were thoroughly investigated to reach the final diagnosis. All patients were treated on the basis of their diagnosis for the underlying cause. Surgical procedures were performed where appropriate. Every patient was followed for one year within the study period.
Results: Forty six eyes of 32 patients were included in the study. Eighteen (56.25%) were male while fourteen (43.75%) eyes were of female patients. All patients were between 05-70 years of age (mean 37.5 years). Thirty two eyes were recognized with complications of anterior uveitis. Most common complication of anterior uveitis was cataract seen in seventeen cases (36.95%) followed by cystoid macular edema in 08 eyes (17.39%), glaucoma in 4 eyes (8.69%), exudative retinal detachment in 02 cases (4.34%) and one patient (2.17%) had developed vitreous haemorrhage. Patients were treated medically and surgically.
Conclusion: Complications of anterior Uveitis can be treated safely by medical and surgical methods.
Memon Mohammad Khan, Muhammad Saeed Iqbal, Asad Raza Jafri, Partab Rai, Javed Hasan Niazi. (2009) Management of Complications of Anterior Uveitis, Pakistan Journal of Ophthalmology, Volume 25, Issue 1.
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