《Outcome of cataract surgery with primary intraocular lens implantation in children.》.pdf

Downloaded from on March 1, 2012 - Published by Clinical science Outcome of cataract surgery with primary intraocular lens implantation in children Jagat Ram, Nishant Gupta, Jaspreet Singh Sukhija, Manish Chaudhary, Neelam Verma, Sunil Kumar, Saurabh Severia Advanced Eye Centre, Post ABSTRACT refractive error.10 11 To our knowledge, this is the Graduate Institute of Medical Aim To report the results of paediatric cataract surgery largest single-centre series assessing visual axis Education and Research, with primary intraocular lens (IOL) implantation. clarity, visual outcome and refractive changes after Chandigarh, India Methods Children with congenital or developmental paediatric cataract surgery and IOL implantation. Correspondence to cataract who underwent phacoaspiration with posterior Dr Jagat Ram, Advanced Eye chamber (PC) IOL implantation were retrospectively MATERIALS AND METHODS Centre, Post Graduate Institute studied. Group A included children with polymethyl The records of children with congenital and devel- of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, methacrylate, group B hydrophobic acrylic and group C opmental cataract in the age group 1 month to India; drjagatram@ silicone IOLs. Outcome measures were visual axis clarity, 15 years who underwent phacoaspiration with visual outcome and refractive changes. primary PCIOL implantation from 1999 to 2008 Accepted 27 June 2010 Results There were 230 children (381 eyes) with the