Abstract | PURPOSE: METHODS: RESULTS: The mean age of the patients in group I was 4.2+/-1.5 years (mean +/- SD) and in group 2 was 4.5+/-1.8 years (range 3-6 years in both the groups). The mean duration of follow up was 36+/-6.4 months in group I and 38+/-8.1 months in group 2. A best corrected visual acuity of 6/24 or better was achieved in 12 eyes in group I and II eyes in group 2. The visual axis remained clear in all the eyes in group I, while 8 eyes (57.14%) in group 2 developed posterior capsule opacification (P = 0.0034) which required a neodymium: yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser capsulotomy. CONCLUSIONS: Lens aspiration using intracameral heparin, combined with primary posterior capsulorhexis and optic capture of a heparin-coated IOL, is a useful technique to prevent secondary visual axis opacification in paediatric cataracts.
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Authors | T Dada, V K Dada, N Sharma, R B Vajpayee |
Journal | Clinical & experimental ophthalmology
(Clin Exp Ophthalmol)
Vol. 28
Issue 5
Pg. 361-3
(Oct 2000)
ISSN: 1442-6404 [Print] Australia |
PMID | 11097283
(Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Coated Materials, Biocompatible
- Fibrinolytic Agents
- Heparin
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Topics |
- Anterior Chamber
(drug effects)
- Capsulorhexis
(methods)
- Cataract
(congenital, prevention & control)
- Cataract Extraction
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Coated Materials, Biocompatible
- Female
- Fibrinolytic Agents
(therapeutic use)
- Heparin
(therapeutic use)
- Humans
- Lens Implantation, Intraocular
- Lenses, Intraocular
- Male
- Postoperative Complications
(prevention & control)
- Prospective Studies
- Visual Acuity
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