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| Results (Quality of Life) |
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| Name: |
E.Pattu |
| Age: |
85 years old |
| Residence: |
Tandalam village, Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu |
| Occupation: |
Fruit Vendor |
| Before Surgery: |
She was unable to continue her job. Not able to walk on the road. Unable to identify currency notes. |
| After Surgery: |
She is able to look after herself. Resumed her fruit vending business as a hawker. Respected in her family. |
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| Name: |
Annamma |
| Age: |
61 years |
| Residence: |
Pudu Colony, Aranvoyal, Tiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu |
| Occupation: |
Agricultural labourer |
| Before Surgery: |
Could not see enough towork and stopped accepting assignments. |
| After Surgery: |
She is receiving assignments reqularly and contributing to the family kitty. |
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| Name: |
Gothandam |
| Age: |
59 years |
| Residence: |
Nambi Nagar, Poonamallee, Tiruvallur District Tamil Nadu |
| Occupation: |
Auto-rickshaw driver |
| Before Surgery: |
Not able to drive in the night. Found it difficult to support his family. |
| After Surgery: |
Is able to drive both during night and daytime. Feels useful to his family. |
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| Name: |
Kesavan |
| Age: |
67 years |
| Residence: |
Pattabiram, Tiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu
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| Occupation: |
Mobil tea stall vendor. |
| Before Surgery: |
Found it difficult to take care of his business. |
| After Surgery: |
Restarted his business Able to support his family. |
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| Name: |
Rajammal |
| Age: |
62 years |
| Residence: |
Pattabiram, Tiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu
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| Occupation: |
Housewife |
| Before Surgery: |
She had to employ outsiders to look after the cattle. |
| After Surgery: |
She is able to maintain cows very well. Family status has significantly improved. |
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| Name: |
Nirmala |
| Age: |
24 years |
| Residence: |
Sathy Nagar, Pandeswaram, Tiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu
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| Occupation: |
Labourer |
| Before Surgery: |
She was not able to get married due to poor vision. |
| After Surgery: |
Happily married and blessed with a child. She is also able to get short assignments and earn for her family. |
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| Summary of Results |
| Substantial improvement in visual acuity and quality of life after cataract surgery in all patients |
| The improvement being more significant in the first 7 days. |
| The patients responses to the improvement were more than the actual objective vision improvement recorded. |
| Improvement in Visual Acuity at 7th day in PKE group was 13.46 (p<0.001) units (score) more than ECCE |
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