ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Year : 2022 | Volume
: 34 | Issue : 3 | Page : 290--296
Long-term results of congenital cataract surgery with primary intraocular lens implantation: A case–Control study of three age groups
Lukpan Orazbekov1, Sabina Smagulova2, Kairat Ruslanuly2
1 First Ophthalmology Department, Kazakh Eye Research Institute, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2 Department of Postgraduate Education, Kazakh Eye Research Institute, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Correspondence Address:
Lukpan Orazbekov
First Ophthalmology Department, Kazakh Eye Research Institute, Tole Bi Street 95a, Almaty 050012
Kazakhstan
Purpose: To analyze the results of ocular refraction at the age of 7 years in children after congenital cataract surgery with intraocular lens (IOL) implantation.
Methods: A study of ocular biometric data of 143 eyes who underwent lens aspiration with IOL implantation in unilateral (23 eyes) and bilateral (60 eyes) congenital cataracts was performed. All children were divided into groups according to the age categories at the time of surgery: Group A (0–12 months) - 43 eyes; Group B (12–36 months) - 45 eyes; and Group C (older than 36 months) - 55 eyes. An empirical reduction of the implanted IOL power was performed: an undercorrection of 20% in children aged 0 to 36 months and 10% less in children aged 36 to 60 months.
Results: By age 7 years, the mean elongation ± standard deviation (SD) in Group A was 3.93 ± 1.64 mm, 2.13 ± 0.94 mm in Group B, and 0.95 ± 0.76 mm in Group C (18.7%, 9.5%, and 4.1% of the baseline axial length, respectively). There was no significant difference in axial elongation between unilateral and bilateral congenital cataracts (P = 0.32). The mean absolute refraction error (MAE) at last examination was 3.99 ± 2.12 diopter (D), 2.46 ± 1.48 D, and 1.59 ± 1.31 D in Groups A, B, and C, respectively. In infants younger than 7 months of age, by age 7 years, the mean elongation ± SD was 3.27 ± 2.86 mm (25.5%) and MAE was 3.44 ± 2.1 D. The prevalence of preoperative corneal astigmatism of 1.0 D or more was 48.95%, 2.0 D or more was 27.27%, and 3.0 D or more was 5.6%. There was no significant difference in preoperative corneal astigmatism between unilateral (1.62 ± 0.77 D) and bilateral (1.78 ± 0.90 D) congenital cataracts (P = 0.56, 95% confidence interval = −0.50–0.28). Best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) more than 20/40 was in 53.49%, 55.55%, and 74.54% in Groups A, B, and C, respectively.
Conclusions: Although IOL power was calculated in accordance with children's age, at the age of 7 years, there was a different degree of ametropia because of the biometric changes of the growing eye, and a higher rate of ametropia was observed more in the younger age group than in the elder age groups.
How to cite this article:
Orazbekov L, Smagulova S, Ruslanuly K. Long-term results of congenital cataract surgery with primary intraocular lens implantation: A case–Control study of three age groups.J Curr Ophthalmol 2022;34:290-296
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Orazbekov L, Smagulova S, Ruslanuly K. Long-term results of congenital cataract surgery with primary intraocular lens implantation: A case–Control study of three age groups. J Curr Ophthalmol [serial online] 2022 [cited 2023 Mar 20 ];34:290-296
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