Postoperative Results in Complicated Cataract of Leprosy Patients.

Soh, Kyung Sub; Kwack, Young Sae

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Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1970;11(Suppl DB Error: no such field):15-17.
Published online January 1, 2001.

Postoperative Results in Complicated Cataract of Leprosy Patients.

Kyung Sub Soh, Young Sae Kwack

Department of Ophthalmology, Yonsei University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

나환자에 (癩患者) 속발한 (續發) 백내장의 (白內障) 수술성적에 (手術成績) 관하여 (關) (제3보 (第3報))

Abstract

Follow-up examination was done in 28 eyes of 28 leprosy patients in So-Rok Do national leprosarium that were operated on for complicated cataract six months ago. Their visions were then hand movement or light perception. Six months later results were as follow; (1) 15 eyes have more than 0.1 of corrected vision (Table 1). (2) 9 eyes have corrected vision from finger counting to 0.05 (Table 2). (3) 1 eye has vision of hand movement and 3 eyes were blind. (Table 3).

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