01688nas a2200289   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001300055653002400068653001300092653001100105653001100116653001200127653000900139653003200148653002200180100001200202700001500214700001400229245014700243856005900390300001100449490000700460050001400467520090300481022001401384       1996                            d  c1996 Dec10aCataract10aCataract Extraction10aEthiopia10aFemale10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aPostoperative Complications10aTreatment Outcome1 aGirma T1 aMengistu F1 aHogeweg M00aThe pattern of cataract and the postoperative outcome of cataract extraction in Ethiopian leprosy patients as compared to nonleprosy patients.  uhttp://leprev.ilsl.br/pdfs/1996/v67n4/pdf/v67n4a08.pdf  a318-240 v67  aGIRMA19963 a<p>Cataract is a blinding disease occurring all over the world. One of the causes of cataract is leprosy. Sixty leprosy and 100 nonleprosy patients were assessed and underwent intracapsular cataract extraction. Leprosy patients with cataract were much younger than nonleprosy patients. The leprosy group had a significantly higher rate of complications and this was seen more in paucibacillary cases. There was a higher rate of visual disability in the leprosy group than in the nonleprosy group. Cataract was seen in younger patients in the leprosy group. This raised the possibility of leprosy being the cause of the cataract. The leprosy group consisted mostly of multibacillary cases, however unlike in other studies the rate of complications tended to be higher in the paucibacillary group. There were no preoperative findings that correlated with a low postoperative intraocular pressure.</p>  a0305-7518