Clinical Evaluation of Multiple Punctate Epithelial Erosion.

Chang, Kwang Yul; Myung, Yoon Won; Rhee, Sang Wook

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1989;30(1):37-43.
Published online January 1, 1989.

Clinical Evaluation of Multiple Punctate Epithelial Erosion.

Kwang Yul Chang, Yoon Won Myung, Sang Wook Rhee

Department of Ophthalmology, Catholic University, Medical College, Seoul, Korea.

각막 상피 미란의 임상적 고찰 - 제 2 보 -

장광열(Kwang Yul Chang),명윤원(Yoon Won Myung),이상욱(Sang Wook Rhee)

Abstract

The 747 corneal epithelial erosion cases were evaluated clinically from January 1986 to February 1988 at Catholic University Medical College, St. Mary's Hospital. The results were as follows: 1. Out of 747 corneal epithelial erosion cases, 286 cases(38.3%) and 283 cases(37.9%) resulted from mechanical and postoperative causes, respectively. 2. The large number of cases were foung in the age group of 1 to 9 years(21.9%) and in the ages older than 60 years(l9.8%), which were in proportion to the said causes. 3. The onset of corneal erosion after cataract extraction within postoperative 3 weeks(56.1%) was most common. There were 115 cases(45.3%) in which corneal erosions developed after the cataract extraction lasted up to 2 weeks. 4. The cure rate of corneal erosion was 85.0%(635 cases), and in corneal erosion developed after cataract extraction was 89.8%(254 cases). 5. There was no statistical significance in the frequency of corneal erosions developed after cataract extraction among diabetics and nondiabetics.

Key Words: corneal epithelial erosion;cataract extraction;cure rate;diabetics