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Abstract #21507 Published in IGR 10-3
Spectrum of ocular diseases at a military hospital in Ladakh, North India
Jha KNJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research 2008; 2: 843-846
The objective of this study was to study the spectrum of patients with ocular diseases, attending a referral military hospital in a remote hilly region of north India. Seven hundred and ninety-three consecutive patients were treated in the Ophthalmology Department over a four year period (Jan 2001 to Dec 2003) at a referral military hospital in Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir. Males outnumbered females (M: F ratio 3:1), with 56.7% patients being below 40 years of age. The spectrum of diseases in the descending order was: refractive errors 33.8%, cataract 21.4%, inflammatory conjunctival diseases 16.8%, pterygium 8.4%, corneal diseases 5.5%, injuries 3.9%, diseases of ocular adnexa 3.4%, glaucoma 2.4%, uveitis 2.1%, and miscellaneous 2.3%. Among the cases of blindness, cataract accounted for 85% of cases, refractive errors for 5.5%, injuries for 5.5%, corneal opacity for 1.9%, glaucoma for 0.5%, and others for 1.6%.
Dr. K.N. Jha, Department of Ophthalmology, Manipal Teaching Hospital, Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara, India
Classification:
1.1 Epidemiology (Part of: 1 General aspects)
1.5 Glaucomas as cause of blindness (Part of: 1 General aspects)