Abstract

Background: Traumatic cataracts account for a large proportion of visual disability and blindness in the general population, especially in developing countries. It is associated with various ocular injuries. Aim and
Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate the visual outcome of patients with traumatic cataracts. Material and methods: A prospective study was done in the Department of Ophthalmology in Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College, Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh).
Materials and Methods: A total of 124 patients diagnosed as a case of traumatic cataract were subjected to a detailed history, systemic, and local examination with relevant investigations. Medical or surgical managements were done accordingly. Patients were subsequently followed up.
Results: About 53.22% of patients sustained penetrating trauma while 41.93% got the blunt injury and 4.83% perforating injury. Out of total, 79.03% of patients were males, while 20.96% were females. The most common cause of blunt trauma was wooden stick (53.84%), whereas iron wire (31.81% patients) was the most common cause of penetrating injury. About 25% of patients had corneal opacity as associated ocular morbidity. About 54.83% of patients adopted small-incision cataract surgery with posterior chamber intraocular lens (IOL) procedure for traumatic cataract surgery. About 39.51% of patients had attained final best-corrected visual acuity (VA) of 6/9–6/18, and 32.25% patients of 6/24–6/60, while 28.22% of patients had vision 6/18. Conclusion: Traumatic cataracts are frequently associated with ocular trauma. Information on the causes of these injuries and education, as well as early prevention measures, is of crucial importance. An IOL implantation in traumatic cataract enables most of the patients to achieve the satisfactory and useful vision.