The clinical and epidemiological profile of surgical cases attending minor OT in a tertiary care ophthalmology center

Abstract

Ocular morbidity usually are caused by both visual and non visual pathology. According to WHO as on 2020 , 235 million people are visually impaired , of which 43.3 million are blind, major cause are uncorrected refractive error and cataract. However not much details are available regarding non visual ocular morbidity , as primary focus is always on visual Impairment and blindness. But it is a unavoidable fact that many patients are suffering from non visual morbidity and some needs surgical intervention as well.