Clinical Characteristics of Cataract Patients and Outcome of Cataract Surgery in Tertiary Care Hospital in Central Nepal

Background Cataract remains the leading cause of avoidable blindness in low-income countries such as Nepal. Despite availability surgical interventions for cataract institutions, still a large number patients from remote areas delay or have difficulty getting treatment, present late with complications.
 Objective To determine clinical characteristics and visual outcome undergoing surgery Tertiary Care Hospital Central Nepal.
 Method We retrospectively reviewed medical records 138 who underwent at tertiary care hospital January 2018 to September 2022. R version 4.0.3 was used data analysis. Categorical variables are presented frequency (percentages) numerical ones mean (standard deviation).
 Result During follow-up visits between one three weeks, 91.9% out 135 had normal/near normal presenting acuity best correction it 96.9% 131 patients. About 1.6% 124 operated eyes moderate impairment after when they visited 12 weeks.
 Conclusion The study findings underline ongoing gap increasing access given proportion individuals extremely late.