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Abstract #54762 Published in IGR 15-3

Cataract Management in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Simultaneous versus Secondary Intraocular Lens Implantation

Magli A; Forte R; Rombetto L; Alessio M
Ocular Immunology and Inflammation 2014; 22: 133-137


PURPOSE: To compare primary versus secondary intraocular lens (IOL) implantation after cataract removal in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). METHODS: Retrospective interventional study. Data were obtained for 40 children (40 eyes) with JIA-associated uveitis operated on for cataract before the age of 16 years between January 1998 and January 2005. RESULTS: Twenty-one patients underwent primary IOL implantation at a mean age of 13.1 ± 2.6 (9-16) years. Mean follow-up was 48.2 ± 5.4 (35-64) months. Nineteen patients underwent cataract removal at a mean age 12.3 ± 2.0 (9-16) years and secondary IOL implantation 13.6 ± 0.3 (11-16) months later. Mean follow-up was 47.2 ± 6.5 (32-64) months. BCVA difference between the two groups was significant at 24-month visit only (p = 0.001). Incidence of secondary glaucoma was significantly lower in the group that underwent secondary IOL implantation (p = 0.01). CONCLUSION: Secondary IOL implantation after cataract removal in children with JIA-related uveitis provided a significantly lower incidence of secondary glaucoma.

Department of Pediatric Ophthalmology, University of Salerno , Salerno , Italy .

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Classification:

9.4.11.2 Glaucomas in aphakia and pseudophakia (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.4 Glaucomas associated with other ocular and systemic disorders > 9.4.11 Glaucomas following intraocular surgery)
9.1.2 Juvenile glaucoma (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.1 Developmental glaucomas)



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