Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Year
: 1987  |  Volume : 35  |  Issue : 3  |  Page : 153--157

Surgical management in ocular leprosy


PA Lamba, Renuka Srinivasan, Jolly Rohatgi 
 Deptt of Ophthalmology, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi-110 001, India

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P A Lamba
Deptt of Ophthalmology, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi-110 001
India

160 Patients of leprosy with or without visual disability were submitted to various surgical procedures as prophylatic or curative measures The various procedures undertaken included cataract surgery, ectropion correction, trabeculectomy tarsorrhaphy and kerato�plasty. The utility of repositioning of pupil achieved by xenon arc photocoagulation for cases of centrally situated corneal opacity has been introduced with encouraging results Such a procedure is of particularly benefit in patients who are poor risk for keratoplasty. Surgery in leprosy offers a new hope to patients with advanced ocular complications due to this crippling disease.


How to cite this article:
Lamba P A, Srinivasan R, Rohatgi J. Surgical management in ocular leprosy.Indian J Ophthalmol 1987;35:153-157


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Lamba P A, Srinivasan R, Rohatgi J. Surgical management in ocular leprosy. Indian J Ophthalmol [serial online] 1987 [cited 2024 Mar 29 ];35:153-157
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