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S S Badrinath

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Ocular morbidity in patients with active systemic tuberculosis.

The ocular morbidity pattern in 2010 eyes of 1005 patients with active pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis was studied prospectively. A complete clinical (ocular and systemic) examination, radiologic evaluation, Mantoux test and sputum analysis for acid-fast bacilli were carried out in all patients. The ocular morbidity in patients in this study with active tuberculosis was 1.39%. The most common ocular finding was bilateral healed focal choroiditis (50%). No case of Eales' disease was found in this series. There was no statistically significant correlation between the ocular lesions and Mantoux positivity.

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Retinoblastoma in adults. Report of three cases and review of the literature.

Retinoblastoma usually presents in children younger than 5 years. To our knowledge, 20 cases of retinoblastoma in adults (older than 20 years) have been reported in the literature. Of 173 patients with histopathologically proven retinoblastoma seen in our institute, three were adults. All the patients had endophytic tumors with vitreous seeds. Ultrasonography did not reveal calcification in two cases. Immunohistochemistry with neuron-specific enolase was used to confirm the diagnosis in two cases. All three patients ultimately required enucleation. None of the patients had been referred with a diagnosis of retinoblastoma. The diagnosis of retinoblastoma should be considered in cases of whitish mass lesion in the fundus of an adult.

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Autoscleral flap grafting: a technique of scleral repair.

We describe using the technique of autoscleral flap grafting in 1 eye with scleral staphyloma, in 2 eyes with scleral ectasia, and in 1 eye with scleral deficiency following excision of a limbal tumor. In three cases, follow up was over 6 months; in the remaining case, 2 months. In one patient, the scleral ectasia recurred, since the scleral flap that could be dissected was thin. The recurrence was managed successfully by a periosteal autograft.

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Mortality and morbidity associated with ophthalmic surgery.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: To study the mortality and morbidity among the patients undergoing ophthalmic surgery under local or general anesthesia. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective analysis of all patients who underwent ophthalmic surgery at Sankara Nethralaya, Madras, India, between 1979 and 1988, was performed. Relevant details included the preoperative medical status of the patients (ASA status), type of surgical procedure, type of anesthesia, and intraoperative and postoperative complications. RESULTS: The overall mortality rate was 1.15 per 1000. There was a decrease in the mortality rate from 2.09 per 1000 in the first 5-year period to 0.37 per 1000 in the second 5-year period. The factors significantly associated with mortality were hypertension, presence of cardiac pacemaker, renal disease, duration of surgery, type of surgery, and physical status (American Society of Anaesthesiologists classification). CONCLUSION: Identifying the risk factors can help reduce the mortality in ophthalmic surgery.

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