Frequency of Lattice Retinal Degeneration in Emmetropes and Myopes

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  • Nisar Ahmed Siyal Department of Ophthalmology, Dow University of Health Sciences and Civil Hospital Karachi, Pakistan

Abstract

Purpose: To determine the frequency of lattice retinal degeneration in emmetropes and myopes. To assess the relationship between the frequency of lattice degeneration and the axial myopia. Material and Methods: Two hundred patients attending the outpatient were selected. One hundred and four (52%) patients were females and 96 (48%) were males. The mean age was 26.50 years ± 8.63 (range= 12 to 60 years).These were then grouped according to their refractive status into, 100 cases of emmetropes (group I), 50 cases of myopia less than -6.00 dioptre (D) (group II) and 50 cases of myopia of -6.00 (D) or more (group III).. A complete ocular examination included indirect ophthalmoscope, slit lamp biomicroscopy with Goldman’s 3 mirror and 90D lens. Selected cases were photographed with the pan fundus camera. The axial length was evaluated by A-Scan ultrasound. The data thus obtained were analyzed on SPPS 13.

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2013-04-28

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Siyal, N. A. . (2013). Frequency of Lattice Retinal Degeneration in Emmetropes and Myopes. Journal of the Dow University of Health Sciences (JDUHS), 7(1), 30–34. Retrieved from https://jduhs.com/index.php/jduhs/article/view/1561

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