Evaluation of chronic ocular sequelae in patients with symblepharon caused by ocular burns

International Journal of Ophthalmology
Liang-Bo ChenYao Fu

Abstract

To evaluate chronic ocular sequelae in patients with symblepharon caused by ocular burns and propose an objective grading system. This was a retrospective, single-center clinical study. Patients with symblepharon caused by ocular burns at least six months later were assessed. Chronic ocular sequelae were classified into 3 categories (eyelid, conjunctiva, and cornea) and 9 chronic ocular sequelae [friction factors, exposure factors, conjunctival hyperemia, length of symblepharon, scope of adhesion, lacrimal area adhesion, loss of the palisades of Vogt (POV), corneal neovascularization, and corneal opacification]. Each ocular sequela was graded from 0 to 3, depending on the increasing severity. The 9 ocular sequelae were evaluated to obtain the total severity score for each eye. The total severity score was defined as Grade I (1-9), Grade II (10-18), and Grade III (19-27). Moreover, the correlation between the severity of chronic ocular sequelae and visual acuity, surgical strategy, and the prognosis was analyzed, respectively. Cases of 79 eyes with symblepharon caused by ocular burns were included in this study. Of these, 20 (25.32%) were defined as Grade I, 43 (54.43%) as Grade II, and 16 (20.25%) as Grade III. Eyes with a high...Continue Reading

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