Abstract

A corneal laceration is a partial or a full thickness , blunt or sharp open injury to the cornea. The study aims to estimate 1) The visual outcome of patients that had corneal laceration repair 2) To study the various factors influencing the visual outcome. Method : The cross-sectional study was conducted in tertiary care hospital from September 2022 to August 2023 while 40 patients were evaluated and results were statistically analysed. Results : 40 patients had corneal repair constituting 5.7 % of all ophthalmic procedures. There were 32 (80%) male and 8 (20%) female. Majority of the patients 33 (82.5%) presented with monocular blindness wile 6 (15%) patient presented with normal visual acuity of more than 6/18. There was 10 % improvement in vision after corneal repair procedure. There is a significant correlation between pre-op and post-op visual acuity.