Prabhasawat Pinnita, Trethipwanit Kanok-orn, Prakairungthong Nualjira, Narenpitak Sudarat, Jaruroteskulchai Sunsern, Anantachai Jirapas
Department of Ophthalmology, Siriraj Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
J Med Assoc Thai. 2007 Dec;90(12):2651-7.
To assess prevalence and causes of corneal blindness in four hospitals in Thailand and to compare the causes between hospitals.
A retrospective chart review of six hundred and sixty four patients records with best-corrected visual acuity not better than 6/60 in at least one eye due to corneal disease in Siriraj, Mettapracharak, Sappasitthiprasong and Banmee Hospitals in a one-year period were reviewed. The collected data included age, sex, laterality, causes of corneal blindness, and prognosis.
Seven hundred and sixty nine eyes with corneal blindness and a median age of 55.0 years were reviewed Leading causes of cornea blindness were corneal infection (35.6%), surgical bullous keratopathy (27.8%), and trauma (14.0%). The prevalence at Siriraj Hospital was 1.7% (498/28,728 patients). Most of the treatable cases (84.6%) underwent penetrating keratoplasty procedures and 73% of patients had a chance of recovery.
Corneal infection and surgical bullous keratopathy were the leading causes of corneal blindness.
评估泰国四家医院角膜盲的患病率及病因,并比较各医院之间的病因差异。
对诗里拉吉医院、玛塔普拉查拉克医院、萨帕西提普拉松医院和班米医院一年内664例因角膜疾病导致至少一只眼睛最佳矫正视力不超过6/60的患者病历进行回顾性图表审查。收集的数据包括年龄、性别、患侧、角膜盲病因及预后情况。
对769只角膜盲眼睛进行了审查,中位年龄为55.0岁。角膜盲的主要病因是角膜感染(35.6%)、手术性大疱性角膜病变(27.8%)和外伤(14.0%)。诗里拉吉医院的患病率为1.7%(498/28728例患者)。大多数可治疗病例(84.6%)接受了穿透性角膜移植手术,73%的患者有恢复机会。
角膜感染和手术性大疱性角膜病变是角膜盲的主要病因。