Clinical Observation on Operation for Complicated Cataract in Leprosy Patients.

Lee, Min Jae; Kim, Moo Woong; Shyn, Kyung Hwan; Koo, Bon Sool

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1991;32(2):154-159.
Published online February 1, 1991.

Clinical Observation on Operation for Complicated Cataract in Leprosy Patients.

Min Jae Lee, Moo Woong Kim, Kyung Hwan Shyn, Bon Sool Koo

¹Department of Ophthalmology, Wae Kwan General Hospital, Korea.
²Department of Ophthalmology, Koryo General Hospital, Korea.
³Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Choong Ang University, Korea.

나환자에 속발한 백내장의 수술성적에 대한 임상적 고찰

이민재(Min Jae Lee),김무웅(Moo Woong Kim),신경환(Kyung Hwan Shyn),구본술(Bon Sool Koo)

Abstract

41 cases of complicated cataract in leprosy patients were operated on from May 1989 to March 1990 at National Sorok Island Hospital. In all cases, extracapsular cataract extraction was attempted and sector or peripheral iridectomy was performed. Inferior sphincterotomy was not done in any of the cases. The postoperative results were very satisfactory in most of the operating cases. The results are as follows; 1) Corrected vision above 0.1 was obtained in 29 eyes(70.7%). 2) Corrected vision from F.C. to 0.09 was obtained in 8 eyes(19.5%). 3) Corrected vision below H.M. was obtained in 4 eyes(9.8%). 4) 37 eyes(90.2%) among the total 41 showed an improvement of corrected vision.

Key Words: complicated cataract;extracapsular;leprosy;sector iridectomy