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PURPOSE: To report the incidence of glaucoma following pediatric cataract surgery. CASES: Cataract surgery was performed on 27 eyes of 18 infants and children during 24 years through 2003. The age at the time of surgery ranged from 3 months to 15 years, average 7.4 years. Nine eyes became aphakic and 18 eyes became pseudophakic. RESULTS: Glaucoma developed in 6 aphakic eyes (67%). One eye developed ocular hypertension on day 2 of surgery due to pupillary block. In the other 5 eyes, glaucoma developed after an average of 15.3 ± 2.0 years. Glaucoma was presumably due to residual lens cortex, peripheral anterior synechia, or surgical technique. Out of 18 pseudophakic eyes, ocular hypertension developed in 2 eyes (11%) of one patient operated for atopic cataract. CONCLUSION: There is a high risk of glaucoma after cataract surgery in infants and children. This possibility would require a long-term follow-up regardless of intraocular lens implantation. LA: Japanese
Dr. H. Nakaizumi, Department of Ophthalmology, Kanazawa Medical University, 1-1 Uchinada, Ishikawa 920-0293, Japan
9.1.4 Other (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.1 Developmental glaucomas)
9.4.4.2 Glaucomas associated with cataracts (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.4 Glaucomas associated with other ocular and systemic disorders > 9.4.4 Glaucomas associated with disorders of the lens)