Abstract

AIM – PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS DUE TO SECONDARY GLAUCOMA
OBJECTIVES –
1. TO STUDY VARIOUS TYPES OF SECONDARY GLAUCOMA
2. TO KNOW THE PROPORTION AND AGE WISE DISTRIBUTION OF VARIOUS TYPES OF SECONDARY GLAUCOMA
4. TO ESTIMATE MALE:FEMALE RATIO OF SECONDARY GLAUCOMA
5. TO STUDY VARIOUS MANAGMENT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF SECONDARY GLAUCOMA
STUDY DESIGN – CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY
METHOD – HISTORY OF ALL PATIENTS REGARDING ONSET AND PROGRESSION WERE TAKEN. VISUAL ACUITY AND SLITLAMP BIOMICROSCOPY FOR DETAILED ANTERIOR SEGMENT EXAMINATION WERE DONE IN ALL PATIENTS. IOP USING GOLDMANN AND NCT WAS TAKEN. GONIOSCOPY WAS DONE AND DEATILED FUNDUS EXAMINATION WAS DONE USING 90D, DIRECT AND INDIRECT OPHTHALMOSCOPY.
RESULT AND CONCLUSION – A TOTAL OF 105 PATIENTS OF SECONDARY GLAUCOMA WERE TAKEN IN STUDY. MAXIMUN NUMBER OF PATIENTS BELONGED TO 61-70YEARS OF AGE GROUP. MALE CONTITUTED 53.5% AND FEMALES 46.7%. MOST COMMONLY ENCOUNTERED SECONDARY GLAUCOMA WAS PHACOMORPHIC SECONDARY ANGLE CLOSURE GLAUCOMA.