Volume : 6, Issue : 1, January - 2017

Pediatric cataract surgery-outcomes and complications.

Dr. Swapnil Rathod, Dr. Avinash B. Ingole, Dr. Anjali D. Nicholson, Dr. Pranay Gandhi

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;&#10;border:none">Background</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 8.3pt 0in; text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: none;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">Childhood cataract <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">m</span>anage<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">m</span>ent re<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">m</span>ains a challenge.</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;border:none;mso-ansi-language:&#10;EN-IN">This study aims at evaluating clinically the outcomes and complications following pediatric cataract surgery.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 8.3pt 0in; text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: none;"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;border:none">Methods<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%;mso-layout-grid-align:&#10;none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;&#10;border:none">In a retrospective </span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast">and prospective observational study</span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;&#10;border:none">, we reviewed clinical records of 30 patients </span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;&#10;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast">who are already operated or admitted pediatric cataract patients who were operated for surgery during the period from March 2014 to May 2015 with a follow up of at least 6 months.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%;mso-layout-grid-align:&#10;none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%;mso-layout-grid-align:&#10;none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;border:none">Results</span></b><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;&#10;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:1.45pt;margin-right:-1.0pt;margin-bottom:&#10;0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:200%;&#10;mso-pagination:none"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;position:relative;top:.5pt;mso-text-raise:-.5pt">The most common associated features were, amblyopia (23%) strabismus (23%) and corneal opacity or scar (20%)<b>. </b>Most common postoperative complications were PCO and anterior uveitis and incidence was equal (59%). Post-operative BCVA 6/12 or better in traumatic cataract patients (69%) followed by bilateral developmental cataract patients (22%) and least in unilateral development patients (12.5%) .<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 15.4pt 0in 7.7pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: none;"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;&#10;border:none">Conclusion<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: none;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">We found the most common post-operative complications were PCO and anterior uveitis.<o:p></o:p></span></p>