Refractive Error among Children Visiting the Department of Paediatric Opthalmology of a Tertiary Eye Care Center.

Introduction: Refractive error is the inability of eyes to focus clearly on images. Visual impairment due to refractive error has a major impact on children's education and daily activities. The hospital has no documentation of the ocular morbidity related to refractive errors in children.

Prevalence of Retinitis Pigmentosa in a Tertiary Eye Hospital of Nepal.

Introduction: Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) is a group of diffuse retinal degenerative diseases predominantly affecting the rod and cone photoreceptors. The prevalence of retinitis pigmentosa seen in literature is approximately 1:4000. Retinitis Pigmentosa is one of the the most common causes of blindness in the age group of 20 to 40 years.

Visual Outcome of Pediatric Traumatic Cataract in Lumbini Eye Institute, Bhairahawa, Nepal.

Introduction: There are not many studies of pediatric trauma in Nepal. Therefore, this study was conducted to find out the visual outcome of pediatric traumatic cataract and causes of poor visual acuity.

Materials And Methods: In this hospital based prospective study, all children visiting the pediatric department of Lumbini Eye Institute and Research Center with traumatic cataract and visual outcome after surgery from July 2018 to August 2019 were evaluated.

Need to improve awareness and treatment compliance in high-risk patients for diabetic complications in Nepal.

Objective/introduction: It is known that knowledge, awareness, and practice influence diabetic control. We compared factors pertaining to healthy lifestyle (exercising, avoiding smoking), self-help (attending appointments, following treatment regimens), and diabetic awareness in high-risk patients for diabetic complications, specifically, those on insulin versus non-insulin treatment, and also those with a longer diabetic duration (≥5 years) versus a shorter duration.

Methods: 200 consecutive patients with type 2 diabetes (52.