Abstract

A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY, TO EVALUATE THE OUTCOMES OF MANUAL SMALL INCISION CATARACT AND PHACOEMULSIFICATION IN EYES WITH CHORIORETINAL COLOBOMA. ELECTRONIC NEDICAL RECORDS OF 71 PATIENTS WITH CHORIORETINAL COLOBOMA UNDERGOING CATARACT SURGERY FROM JANUARY 2017 TO DECEMBER 2019 WERE EVALUATED. DEMOGRAPHICS, CORRECTED DISTANCE VISUAL ACUITY, SLITLAMP BIOMICROSCOPY FINDINGS, GRADE OF CATARACT, TYPE OF COLOBOMA AND ASSOCIATED POSTERIOR SEGMENT PATHOLOGY, OUTCOMES OF DIFFERENT SURGICAL TECHNIQUES AND RISK FACTORS FOR POOR VISUAL OUTCOMES AND INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS WERE ANALYZED. STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT VISUAL IMPROVEMENT WAS NOTICED IN BOTH MICS AND PHACOEMULSIFICATION GROUP, EYES THAT UNDERWENT PHACOEMULSIFICATION SHOWED BETTER RECOVERY. MSICS WAS MORE COMMONLY PERFORMED THAN PHACOEMULSIFICATION. POOR OUTCOME WAS ASSOCIATED WITH MALE SEX, HARD CATARACT, MACULAR INVOLVEMENT, MICROCORNEA. MSICS IS AN ALTERNATIVE TO PHACOEMULSIFICATION IN COLOBOMATOUS EYES WITH ADVANCED CATARACT