DR. RAJ VADOR

DR. SHREYA SHAH, DR.MEHUL SHAH, DR. VEDANT RAJORIYA

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:TO STUDY EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS WITH LACRIMAL DISORDERS.

METHODS:THIS IS A RETROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY BETWEEN JAN 2008 TO AUG 2022 AT OUR HOSPITAL.FORMAT CREATION,RETRIEVAL OF DATA FROM EMR AND ANALYSIS BY SPS22.DESCRIPTION AND CROSS TABULATION USED FOR ANALYSIS. DIFFERENT LACRIMAL SURGERIES WITH DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS COMPARED AMONG DIFFERENT LACRIMAL DISORDERS.

RESULTS: OUR COHORT INCLUDED 4562 CASES WITH MEAN AGE 44.8 WITH STANDARD DEVATION OF 21.73.MAJORITY OF PATIENTS WERE FROM AGE 51-60(23.7%).OUT OF 4562, 722 CASES(15.8%) WERE OF PEDIATRIC AGE GROUP. AMONG PEDIATRIC AGE GROUP, MAJORITY BELONGED TO LESS THAN 1 YEAR(84.2%). 3246(71.2%) ARE FEMALES AND 1316(28.8%) ARE MALES. 1818 CASES(39.9%) UNDERWENT LACRIMAL IMPLANT, 771 CASES(16.9%) UNDERWENT LACRIMAL CANNULA DCR, 642 CASES(14.1%) UNDERWENT LACRIMAL TCL-DCR.

CONCLUSION:PREVALENCE OF DIFFERENT LACRIMAL DISORDERS WAS MORE COMMON IN FEMALES OF 5TH-6TH DECADE AND LESS THAN 1 YEAR IN PEDIATRIC AGE GROUP.