Abstract

INTRODUCTION:RP IS A B/L,PROGRESSIVE RETINAL DEGENERATION AFFECTING PHOTORECEPTOR AND RPE CELLS,POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH CATARACT-MOST LIKELY THE RESULT OF RP-RELATED INFLAMMATION RESPONSE,MOST COMMON MORPHOLOGY IS POSTERIOR SUBCAPSULAR CATARACT.
METHOD:AFTER HAVING PERMISSION FROM ETHICAL COMMITTEE WE RETRIVED DATA FROM ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD FOR LAST FIVE YEARS IN SPECIFIC FORMAT USING EXCEL SHEET AND ANALYSED WITH SPSS 22. DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSES AND CROSS TABULATION FUNCTION HAS BEEN USED TO ANALYSE AND P<0.05 CONSIDERED SIGNIFICANT.
RESULTS:OUR COHORT CONSIST OF 52 EYES 16 % FEMALE AND 36% MALE WITH MEAN AGE 49.7YRS.ON COMPARATIVE STUDY NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE FOUND PRE AND POST OPERATIVE VISION.(P=0.06).

CONCLUSION: THE BENEFIT OF SURGERY FOR PATIENTS WITH A POOR PREOPERATIVE VISUAL ACUITY IS LESS MARKED, USUALLY BECAUSE OF PRE-EXISTING MACULAR DISEASE.