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| Year : 2021 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 174 |
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Response to comments on: Causes of delayed presentation of pediatric cataract: A questionnaire-based prospective study at a tertiary eye care center in central rural India
Pradhnya Sen1, Namrata Gupta2, Amit Mohan1, Chintan Shah1, Alok Sen3, Elesh Jain1
1 Consultant and Head of Department, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, Sadguru Netra Chikitsalaya and Post Graduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Jankikund, Chitrakoot, Madhya Pradesh, India
2 Resident, Sadguru Netra Chikitsalaya and Post Graduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Jankikund, Chitrakoot, Madhya Pradesh, India
3 Consultant, Vitreoretina and Uvea, Sadguru Netra Chikitsalaya and Post Graduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Jankikund, Chitrakoot, Madhya Pradesh, India
| Date of Web Publication | 15-Dec-2020 |
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Pradhnya Sen
Consultant and Head of Department, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, Sadguru netra Chikitsalaya and Post Graduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Jankikund, Chitrakoot, Madhya Pradesh
India
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DOI: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_1859_20
How to cite this article:
Sen P, Gupta N, Mohan A, Shah C, Sen A, Jain E. Response to comments on: Causes of delayed presentation of pediatric cataract: A questionnaire-based prospective study at a tertiary eye care center in central rural India. Indian J Ophthalmol 2021;69:174 |
How to cite this URL:
Sen P, Gupta N, Mohan A, Shah C, Sen A, Jain E. Response to comments on: Causes of delayed presentation of pediatric cataract: A questionnaire-based prospective study at a tertiary eye care center in central rural India. Indian J Ophthalmol [serial online] 2021 [cited 2021 Jan 22];69:174. Available from: https://www.ijo.in/text.asp?2021/69/1/174/303282 |
Dear Editor,
We thank Dr Gogate for his interest in our paper and appreciate him for raising some very pertinent questions[1] related to our study.
In our study, we noted that of 156 patients, 127 (81%) caregivers went to the primary health care providers for the initial diagnosis, and only 18.5% underwent surgery in <2 months of diagnosis. We found that the major cause of delay was cost.[2] However, we do acknowledge that the advice given by the primary health care providers was not recorded in our study.
We also agree that there is a need for supporting pediatric eye surgeries; in our study, out of 156 patients, approximately 42 (27%) patients (21 bilateral cataract and 21 unilateral cataract) were operated free of cost, and in another 68 (43%, 49 bilateral cataract and 19 unilateral cataract), the surgery was done at a highly subsidized rate. This we could achieve by cross subsidy and support from international NGOs.
Only 65% of our patients had completed 6 months follow-up, and hence, we reported outcome analysis at 1 month. In these eyes, we noted a trend towards increasing visual acuity with longer duration of follow-up.
We thank Dr Parikshit once again for their comments and for providing more insight on this subject.
Financial support and sponsorship
Nil.
Conflicts of interest
There are no conflicts of interest.
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| 1. | Gogate PM, Sil AK. Comments on: Causes of delayed presentation of pediatric cataract: A questionnaire-based prospective study at a tertiary eye care centre in central rural India. Indian J Ophthalmol 2021;69:173-4.  [Full text] |
| 2. | Sen P, Gupta N, Mohan A, Shah C, Sen A, Jain E. Causes of delayed presentation of pediatric cataract: A questionnaire-based prospective study at a tertiary eye care center in central rural India. Indian J Ophthalmol 2020;68:603-7. [ PUBMED] [Full text] |
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