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ArticleJapanese journal of ophthalmology2016

Surgical outcomes of congenital and developmental cataracts in Japan.

Toshiyuki Nagamoto, Tetsuro Oshika, Takashi Fujikado, Tatsuro Ishibashi, Miho Sato, Mineo Kondo, Daijiro Kurosaka, Noriyuki Azuma

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Article in Japanese journal of ophthalmology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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8 authors at 8 institutions in 1 country.

Toshiyuki NagamotoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Tetsuro OshikaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennoudai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8575, Japan. oshika@eye.ac.
Takashi FujikadoDepartment of Applied Visual Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.
Tatsuro IshibashiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Kyushu University, Graduate School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.
Miho SatoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan.
Mineo KondoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan.
Daijiro KurosakaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan.
Noriyuki AzumaDepartment of Ophthalmology and Cell Biology, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan.
Hamamatsu University School of Medicine · JPIwate Medical University · JPKyorin University · JPKyushu University · JPMie University · JPNational Center For Child Health and Development · JPOsaka University · JPUniversity of Tsukuba · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo retrospectively analyze the surgical outcomes of congenital/developmental cataracts in Japan.

methodsA mail questionnaire was sent to facilities engaged in surgical treatment of congenital cataracts.

resultsTwenty-nine facilities reported on 809 eyes of 508 patients with congenital/developmental cataracts. Three hundred fifty-nine eyes underwent intraocular lens implantation (pseudophakia group), while 450 eyes were left aphakic (aphakia group). The average age at surgery was significantly higher in the pseudophakia group (70 ± 53 months) than in the aphakia group (14 ± 24 months) (P < 0.0001). A significantly larger proportion of patients with unilateral cataract (52.0 %) received IOL implantation than did those with bilateral cataracts (42.6 %) (P = 0.0224). The prevalence of associated ocular disorders, such as nystagmus, microcornea, nanophthalmos, and persistent fetal vasculature, was significantly higher in the aphakia group than in the pseudophakia group. Postoperatively, glaucoma developed more frequently in the aphakia group (5.8 %) than in the pseudophakia group (0.7 %) (P = 0.0003). Posterior capsule opacification developed more frequently in the pseudophakic eyes even when both posterior capsulotomy and anterior vitrectomy were performed, especially in patients aged 1 year or younger. Postoperative visual acuity was significantly better in the pseudophakia group than in the aphakia group, both in the unilateral and in the bilateral cases.

conclusionsSurgeons tended to select IOL implantation, rather than to leave the eye aphakic, in patients who were older at the time of surgery, had fewer coexisting ocular disorders, and suffered from unilateral cataract. Under such circumstances, pseudophakic eyes obtained significantly better postoperative visual acuity than did aphakic eyes.

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Lens Implantation, IntraocularRefraction, OcularCataractCataract ExtractionChild, PreschoolFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansIncidenceInfantJapanMalePostoperative ComplicationsRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeCataract surgeryCongenital cataractContact lensDevelopmental cataractIntraocular lens

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