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Lens induced glaucomas are a common occurrence in rural areas of India. Early diagnosis and treatment of mature cataract is very important since delayed treatment of lens-induced glaucoma may result in poor visual outcome. An attempt was made to study the pattern and visual outcome in LIG cases attending the Department of Ophthalmology at Government Medical College, Jammu. A total of 25 patients with a diagnosis of LIG were analyzed. Out of these 15(60%) patients had phacomorphic and 10(40%) had phacolytic glaucoma respectively. All the patients were subjected to ECCE with PC IOL implantation. Postoperative BCVA upto 6/12 was achieved in 6(24%) and upto 6/60 in 16(64%) patients. Only three patients showed poor visual outcome. However, all the patients maintained postoperative IOP of < 20mm Hg without any additional antiglaucoma therapy.
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The present study evaluated safety and intraocular pressure lowering efficacy of ocular antiglaucoma drugs timolol maleate 0.5% and bimatoprost 0.03% as monotherapy for 12 weeks on 50 patients divided in two groups with established primary open angle glaucoma. Higher incidence (72%) was found in patients aged 50 years and above and 60% were males. In both the groups, significant fall in mean intraocular pressure was observed. The mean reduction in intraocular pressure was 29.9% for timolol group and 36% for bimatoprost group. Bimatoprost o.d. was statistically and clinically superior to timolol b.d. in lowering intraocular pressure.
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In the present study, 37 eyes of 30 congenital dacryocystitis patients (7 bilateral) were studied, out of which 60% of patients were male and 40% female. Gram positive cocci constituted the major bacterial isolate (56.7%) with Streptococcus pneumoniae (27.9%) predominating. Most effective antibiotics against the commonest organism Streptococcus pneumoniae were Tobramycin and Gentamycin showing 100% effectivity. Staphylococcus albus 17.4% was the most common normal conjunctival commensal isolated.