Prospective audit of the phenotype, causes and correlates of trachomatous and non- trachomatous trichiasis in a peri-elimination setting.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To explore the burden, clinical features and associations of trichiasis due to trachomatous and non-trachomatous aetiologies.

Methods

Consenting patients presenting with trichiasis of either eyelid (of one or both eyes) attending the outpatient department, cornea and oculoplasty clinics of a tertiary eye care hospital in New Delhi between August 2018 to March 2020 were included. A comprehensive examination including visual acuity and anterior segment evaluation and photography was performed. Grade of trichiasis, laterality, presence and grade of entropion, and information on corneal opacity, conjunctival scarring, Herbert's pits, and pannus, if present, were recorded in the case record form.

Results

Overall, 302 patients (454 eyes) with trichiasis were recruit

SUBMITTER: Gupta N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9829166 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature