Jude Nnoruga1*, Mosaib Omaer2, Ashi Khurana3 and Lokesh Chauhan4
1B.Sc Clinical Optometry, Department of Clinical Optometry and Visual Sciences, CL
Gupta Eye Institute, Moradabad, India
2M.Sc Clinical Optometry, Department of Clinical Optometry and Visual Sciences,
CL Gupta Eye Institute, Moradabad, India
3MS Ophthalmology, Department of Cornea and Refractive Error, CL Gupta Eye
Institute, Moradabad, India
4MSc, Department of Clinical Research, CL Gupta Eye Institute, Moradabad, India
*Corresponding Author: Jude Nnoruga, B.Sc Clinical Optometry, Department of Clinical Optometry and Visual Sciences, CL Gupta Eye Institute, Moradabad, India.
Received: February 21, 2020; Published: April 21, 2020
Purpose: To assess the clinical characteristics and visual rehabilitation in Keratoconus patients.
Methods: Medical records of consecutive patients diagnosed of Keratoconus presented at a tertiary eye care institute during September 2009 to December 2017 were reviewed retrospectively. Demographic details (age, gender, family history of Keratoconus, and occupation), history of contact lens use, history of consanguineous marriages, presenting best corrected visual acuity, refractive error, clinical signs based on slit lamp biomicroscopy and best corrected visual acuity after refractive correction, were noted.
Results: Of the 96 patients, 135 eyes of 72 (75%) patients were included in the study. Mean age at the time of diagnosis was 20 ± 6.7 years (8 to 40 years). 87% of them had presented bilaterally. 69.4% of them were students. Myopic astigmatism with a mean equivalent of -1.90DS and increased cylinder of -3.09DC was more prevalent. 54.1% of patients were either in advance or severe stage of Keratoconus. Spectacles were prescribed for 82 (60.7%) eyes, contact lens for 19 (14.1%) eyes, corneal collagen crosslinking with Riboflavin was done in 28 (20.7%) eyes, deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty in 4 (3%) eyes and optical penetrating keratoplasty in 2 (1.5%) eyes. There was significant improvement in BCVA from presentation in all patients.
Conclusion: Age of presentation was distributed equally between 8 to 40 years of age. Majority of the patients presented bilaterally with advance to severe form of Keratoconus, which was different from published studies, where patients had presented at mild to moderate stage.
Keywords: Keratoconus; Contact Lens; Visual rehabilitation; Pentacam; C3R; Uttar Pradesh
Citation: Jude Nnoruga., et al. “Clinical Characteristics and Visual Rehabilitation in Keratoconus Patients Presented at a Tertiary Eye Care Institute in Uttar Pradesh (India)”. Acta Scientific Ophthalmology 3.5 (2020): 55-60.
Copyright: © 2020 Jude Nnoruga., et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.