Visual Outcomes and Complications After Lensectomy for Traumatic Cataract in Children.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group Cataract Registry provides a multicenter assessment of visual outcomes and complications after lensectomy for traumatic pediatric cataract.

Objective

To report visual acuity (VA) and the cumulative proportion with strabismus, glaucoma, and other ocular complications by 15 months after lensectomy for traumatic cataract among children younger than 13 years at the time of surgery.

Design, setting, and participants

From June 18, 2012, to July 8, 2015, 1266 eyes of 994 children from 33 pediatric eye care practices seen within 45 days after lensectomy were enrolled in a multicenter, prospective observational registry. Of these, 74 eyes of 72 participants undergoing lensectomy for traumatic cataract were included in a c

SUBMITTER: Writing Committee for the Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group (PEDIG) 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8209594 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature