Clinical characteristics of young adult cataract patients: a 10-year retrospective study of the Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To investigate the characteristics of young adult cataract (YAC) patients over a 10-year period.

Methods

This observational study included YAC patients aged 18-49 years who were treated surgically for the first time at the Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center in China. YAC patients were analysed and compared with patients with childhood cataract (CC) in January 2005 to December 2014.

Results

During the 10-year period, 515 YAC patients and 2421 inpatients with CC were enrolled. Among the YAC patients, 76.76% (109/142) of unilateral patients had a corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA) better than 20/40 in the healthy eye, whereas only 20.38% (76/373) of bilateral patients had a CDVA better than 20/40 in the eye with better visual acuity. Compared with the CC group, the YAC

SUBMITTER: Lin D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6059294 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature