Paediatric cataract implant surgery outcome

  • Istiantoro Istiantoro
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13181/mji.v12i1.86
Keywords: posterior capsule opacification, posterior capsulorhexis, optic capture, anterior vitrectomy
Abstract viewed: 425 times
PDF downloaded: 449 times

Abstract

This study evaluated the surgical outcome of various surgical technique in paediatric cataract implant surgery, at Jakarta Eye Center, Jakarta, Indonesia. This was a retrospective study of 57 eyes in 44 children who had primary cataract implants surgery. Three surgical techniques used were : 1. Extracapsular cataract extraction with intraocular lens implantation with intact posterior capsule which was performed on 21 eyes (group 1). 2. Extracapsular cataract extraction with intraocular lens implantation and posterior capsulorhexis (PCCC) and optic capture which was performed on 24 eyes (group 2). 3. Extracapsular cataract extraction with intraocular lens implantation, posterior capsulorhexis and anterior vitrectomy which was performed on 24 eyes (group 3). All patients were followed up more than one year. Our results showed that posterior capsule opacity (PCO) was developed in 20 eyes with intact capsules in group 1. All eyes had a clear visual axis in group 2. PCO developed only in one eye in group 3. In conclusion,  PCCC and optic capture with or without anterior vitrectomy are effective methods in preventing PCO in infant and children. (Med J Indones 2003; 12: 21-6)

Keywords: posterior capsule opacification, posterior capsulorhexis, optic capture, anterior vitrectomy

Author Biography

Istiantoro Istiantoro
Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
Published
2003-02-01
How to Cite
1.
Istiantoro I. Paediatric cataract implant surgery outcome. Med J Indones [Internet]. 2003Feb.1 [cited 2024Apr.19];12(1):21-6. Available from: http://mji.ui.ac.id/journal/index.php/mji/article/view/86
Issue
Vol. 12 No. 1 (2003): January-March
Section
Clinical Research

Copyright (c) 2003 Istiantoro Istiantoro

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Authors who publish with Medical Journal of Indonesia agree to the following terms:

  1. Authors retain copyright and grant Medical Journal of Indonesia right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License that allows others to remix, adapt, build upon the work non-commercially with an acknowledgment of the work’s authorship and initial publication in Medical Journal of Indonesia.
  2. Authors are permitted to copy and redistribute the journal's published version of the work non-commercially (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in Medical Journal of Indonesia.