Solar retinopathy in India: Clinical presentation and demographic distribution in 253 patients (349 eyes)

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dc.contributor.authorDas, Anthony Vipinen_US
dc.contributor.authorTyagi, Muditen_US
dc.contributor.authorKadam, Yogitaen_US
dc.contributor.authorBelenje, Akashen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-25T06:37:04Z
dc.date.available2023-08-25T06:37:04Z
dc.date.issued2023-05
dc.description.abstractPurpose: To describe the demographics, clinical characteristics, and presentation of solar retinopathy in patients who presented to a multi?tier ophthalmology hospital network in India. Methods: This cross?sectional, hospital?based study included 3,082,727 new patients presenting to the hospital between August 2010 and December 2021. Patients with a clinical diagnosis of solar retinopathy in at least one eye were included in the study. All the data was collected using an electronic medical record system. Results: Three hundred and forty?nine eyes of 253 (0.01%) patients were diagnosed with solar retinopathy and included in the study, and 157 patients (62.06%) had a unilateral affliction. Solar retinopathy was noted to be significantly more common in males (73.12%) and adults (98.81%). The most common age group at presentation was during the sixth decade of life with 56 (22.13%) patients. They were more commonly from the rural geography (41.9%). Among the 349 eyes, 275 (78.8%) eyes had mild or no visual impairment (<20/70), which was followed by moderate visual impairment (>20/70–20/200) found in 45 (12.89%) eyes. The most commonly associated ocular comorbidity was cataract in 48 (13.75%) eyes, followed by epiretinal membrane in 38 (10.89%) eyes. The most common retinal damage seen was interdigitation zone (IZ) disruption (38.68%), followed by inner segment–outer segment (IS–OS) disruption (33.52%). Foveal atrophy was seen in 105 (30.09%) eyes. Conclusion: Solar retinopathy is predominantly unilateral and is more common in males. It usually presents during the sixth decade of life and rarely causes significant visual impairment. The most common retinal damage seen was disruption of the outer retinal layersen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of EyeSmart EMR and AEye, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsIndian Health Outcomes, Public Health and Economics Research Center, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsAnant Bajaj Retina Institute, Smt. Kanuri Santhamma Centre for Vitreo-Retinal Diseases, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationDas Anthony Vipin, Tyagi Mudit, Kadam Yogita, Belenje Akash. Solar retinopathy in India: Clinical presentation and demographic distribution in 253 patients (349 eyes). Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. 2023 May; 71(5): 2061-2065en_US
dc.identifier.issn1998-3689
dc.identifier.issn0301-4738
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/225024
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherAll India Ophthalmological Societyen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber5en_US
dc.relation.volume71en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.4103/IJO.IJO_2620_22en_US
dc.subjectBig dataen_US
dc.subjectelectronic medical recordsen_US
dc.subjectIndiaen_US
dc.subjectretinaen_US
dc.subjectsolar retinopathyen_US
dc.titleSolar retinopathy in India: Clinical presentation and demographic distribution in 253 patients (349 eyes)en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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