Abstract

OBJECTIVE: TO STUDY REFRACTIVE OUTCOME AMONGST PENETRATING AND GLOBE RUPTURE SUB GROUPS OF OPEN GLOBE INJURIES IN CHILDREN.

METHOD: WE ENROLLED ALL OPEN GLOBE CASES DURING PERIOD OF DATA COLLECTED PROSPECTIVELY IN ONLINE FORMAT, PATIENT OPERATED ACCORDING TO PROTOCOLS AND FINAL VISUAL OUTCOME CONSIDERED 6 WEEKS POST LAST SURGERY. WE COMPARED VISION, SPHERICAL, CYLINDRICAL REFRACTIVE POWER AMONGST SUBGROUPS. DATA ANALYSED USING SPSS 22 USING CROSS TABULATION AND FISHER EXTRACT TESTS.

RESULTS: OUR COHORT INCLUDED 152 EYES 62.5%-MALES, 37.5% FEMALES WITH MEAN AGE 9.54.MEAN ASTIGMATISM FOR PENETRATING AND GLOBE RUPTURE GROUP 0.40D AND 2.50D. WE FOUND SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE PRE POST VISION(P-0.018), SPHERICAL(P-0.001) AND CYLINDRICAL(P-0.006) REFRACTIVE ERROR, OBJECT OF INJURY(P-0.050) AND AGE GROU(P-0.000).WE COULD NOT FIND DIFFERENCE IN OTS AND AXIS AMONGST THESE GROUPS.

CONCLUSION: WE FOUND OUTCOME IS BETTER AND ASTIGMATISM IS LESS IN PENETRATING SUBCATEGORY OF OPEN GLOBE INJURY.