Discharge | 6 weeks | 1 year | ||||||||||||
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ACIOL | Control | ACIOL | Control | ACIOL | Control | |||||||||
No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | |||
Total given slit lamp examination | 1000 | 100 | 996 | 100 | 86 2 | 86.0 | 802 | 80.4 | 507 | 50.6 | 421 | 42.2 | ||
Irritation | 975 | 97.5 | 967 | 97.1 | 620 | 72.0 | 529 | 66.1 | 42 | 8.3 | 28 | 6.7 | ||
Pain | 9 | 0.9 | 12 | 1.2 | 15 | 1.7 | 3 | 0.4 | 5 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.2 | ||
Corneal oedema | 110 | 11.0 | 119 | 11.9 | 7 | 0.8 | 2 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.5 | ||
Hyphaema | 2 | 0.2a | 12 | 1.2a | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Vitreous in AC | 34 | 3.4 | 109 | 11.0 | 36 | 4.2 | 134 | 16.8 | 14 | 2.8 | 56 | 13.3 | ||
Bleb/prolapse | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 3 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Uveitis: | ||||||||||||||
Few cells | 953 | 95.4 | 780 | 78.4 | 162 | 18.8 | 34 | 4.3 | 12 | 2.4a | 2 | 0.5a | ||
Many cells | 37 | 3.7 | 10 | 1.0 | 10 | 1.2 | 2 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Pupil: | ||||||||||||||
Vitreous to wound | 9 | 0.9 | 5 | 0.5 | 20 | 2.3 | 19 | 2.4 | 13 | 2.6 | 13 | 3.1 | ||
IOL tuck | 70 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 4.3 | – | – | 47 | 9.3 | – | – | ||
Other pupil abnormalities | 15 | 1.5a | 4 | 0.4a | 28 | 3.3 | 36 | 4.5 | 32 | 6.3 | 19 | 4.5 | ||
IOL: | ||||||||||||||
Tilted | 10 | 1.0 | – | – | 9 | 1.1 | – | – | 5 | 1.0 | – | – | ||
Rotated | 0 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0.5 | – | – | 9 | 1.8 | – | – | ||
Opacities: | ||||||||||||||
IOL deposits | 15 | 1.5 | – | – | 27 | 3.1 | – | – | 5 | 1.0 | – | – | ||
Other | 7 | 0.7 | 3 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.2 | 2 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
IOP: | ||||||||||||||
Mean | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17.0 | 17.4 | |||||
Range | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 to 60 | 5 to 60 | |||||
>21 mm Hg | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 36 | 7.1 | 39 | 9.2 | ||
>29 mm Hg | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 1.2 | 5 | 1.2 | ||
Other problems | 21 | 2.1b | 38 | 3.8b | 28 | 3.3 | 26 | 3.3 | 25 | 4.9 | 5 | 1.2 |
↵= p<0.001; a = p<0.01; b = p<0.05 All other data comparisons are not significant.
All numbers are expressed as a percentage of the total given slit lamp examination with the exception of “total given slit lamp examination” where the denominator is the total in the study cohort. People seen only in the village had their vision measured but were not given a slit lamp examination which is why the numbers examined in this table are lower than in Table 3.
↵Four people did not have a slit lamp examination at discharge because they had had an evisceration due to endophthalmitis