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Incurable Blindness: The Final Frontier in Vision Restoration
Anthony Vipin Das1, Sayan Basu2
1Department of EMR & AEye, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Seminars in Ophthalmology
|March 27, 2023
Summary
Clinically irreversible blindness affects over 60,000 patients, with glaucoma and trauma as leading causes. Current treatments offer little hope, necessitating research into regenerative therapies for sight restoration.
Area of Science:
- Ophthalmology
- Public Health
Background:
- Blindness with no light perception is considered clinically irreversible.
- A significant number of patients present with severe vision loss annually.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze the causes and demographics of patients with blindness with no light perception.
- To highlight the limitations of current treatments and the need for future restorative approaches.
Main Methods:
- Cross-sectional, hospital-based study.
- Analysis of patient data from 2010 to 2022.
- Identification and categorization of causes for blindness with no light perception.
Main Results:
- 60,668 patients with no light perception blindness identified (1.85% of total patients).
- Major causes include glaucoma (21.8%), trauma (17.7%), and phthisis bulbi (13.1%).
- Affected individuals were predominantly adults (89.9%), male (64%), from lower socio-economic strata, and rural locations.
Conclusions:
- Despite advances, many cases of severe blindness remain untreatable.
- Preventive measures are crucial, but regenerative therapies are needed for sight restoration.
- Future research should focus on retinal transplantation, ciliary body transplantation, and whole eyeball transplantation.
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