Demographic and clinical profile of patients who underwent refractive surgery screening
Philippine Journal of Ophthalmology
; : 64-71, 2015.
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in English
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-633169
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ABSTRACT
@#<p style="text-align justify;"><strong>OBJECTIVE:
</strong> To describe the demographic and clinical profile of patients who underwent refractive surgery screening.<br /><br /><strong>METHODS:
</strong> Medical records of patients who sought consult for refractive surgery from January 2010 to December 2014 at a refractive center were reviewed and analyzed. The preoperative clinical conditions, optical characteristics of myopes and hyperopes, refractive screening tests, and causes for disqualification were determined.<br /><br /><strong>RESULTS:
</strong> A total of 1215 patients who sought consult for refractive surgery had a mean age of 36.45 ± 11.60 years. Seven hundred ten (58.44%) were females and 860 (70.78%) were Filipinos. Nine hundred eighty eight (81%) were myopes. The mean manifest refractive spherical equivalent (MRSE) for myopic patients was -4.41D±2.98 with mean uncorrected distance vision (UCDVA) of 20/400 (logMAR 1.26) and mean best-corrected distance vision (BCDVA) of 20/20 (logMAR 0.02). For hyperopic patients, the mean MRSE was +1.33D±3.76 with mean UCDVA of 20/40 (logMAR 0.33) and mean BCDVA of 20/20 (logMAR 0.001). Reasons for disqualification from undergoing a refractive procedure included thin cornea (5.27%), irregular corneal topography (2.39%), steep cornea (0.78%), high refractive errors (0.41%), optic nerve (0.41%), and retina (0.25%) pathologies.<br /><br /><strong>CONCLUSION:
</strong> Patients who underwent screening for refractive surgery were young, mostly female, with myopic refractive errors. LASIK remained the most popular refractive surgery procedure. </p>
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Database:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Optic Nerve
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Refractive Errors
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Retina
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Cornea
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Corneal Topography
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Keratomileusis, Laser In Situ
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Hyperopia
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Myopia
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Screening study
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Philippine Journal of Ophthalmology
Year:
2015
Document type:
Article