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Outcomes of Bilateral Cataract Surgery in Tanzanian Children
- Source :
- Ophthalmology. 114:2287-2292
- Publication Year :
- 2007
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2007.
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Abstract
- To investigate outcomes of bilateral pediatric cataract surgery in east Africa.Retrospective interventional case series.Two hundred forty-three children who underwent bilateral cataract surgery at the Comprehensive Community-Based Rehabilitation for Tanzania Disability Hospital between 2001 and 2004.Demographic, surgical, preoperative, and postoperative clinical characteristics obtained from patient records were entered into a database (Microsoft Excel; Microsoft, Redmond, WA), and statistical analysis was conducted using SPSS software for Windows (SPSS, Inc., Chicago, IL).Postoperative visual acuities and factors affecting them and postoperative refraction results.Intraocular lenses were inserted in the first eyes of 232 children (149 Alcon AcrySof [Alcon Laboratories, Fort Worth, TX], 83 polymethyl methacrylate [PMMA]). Fifty-eight (62%) of 94 patients with final follow-up acuities recorded in both eyes achieved 20/60 or better in their better eye and 13 (13%) of 94 patients were blind. Of the various predictors of good visual outcome identified for children or eyes, only absence of preoperative blindness (odds ratio [OR], 7.3; 95% confidence interval [CI], 3.0-18.0; P0.0005) remained significant in a multivariate logistic regression model. One hundred nine (51%) of 212 refracted first eyes had early postoperative refractive error spherical equivalent magnitudes of 2 diopters (D) or more. Ninety-nine (47%) of 212 eyes had initial postoperative cylinders of 3 D or more, dropping to 30 (18%) of 164 of those who had later follow-up refraction. Presence of biometric data was not associated with smaller postoperative refractive errors. Eyes with AcrySof lenses were less likely (OR, 2.5; 95% CI, 1.04-6.06) to have more than 3 D of astigmatism at latest follow-up. AcrySof lenses also were more likely (OR, 2.1; 95% CI, 1.2-3.7) to be fixated in the bag than PMMA lenses. Acute fibrinous uveitis occurred in 30 cases (12%), and transient corneal haze occurred in 20 cases (8%). Twenty-seven (11%) had chronic complications, 69 (28%) underwent a further general anesthetic procedure, and 9 (4%) underwent yytrium-aluminum-garnet capsulotomy.Preoperative blindness was the strongest predictor of poor postoperative visual outcome; the use of AcrySof lenses as opposed to PMMA lenses made in-the-bag fixation more likely and also reduced postoperative astigmatism.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
genetic structures
Polymethyl methacrylate
medicine.medical_treatment
Eye disease
Visual Acuity
Cataract Extraction
Tanzania
Cataract
Postoperative Complications
Lens Implantation, Intraocular
Ophthalmology
Outcome Assessment, Health Care
medicine
Humans
Polymethyl Methacrylate
Child
Retrospective Studies
Rehabilitation
business.industry
Astigmatism
Infant
Retrospective cohort study
Odds ratio
Cataract surgery
medicine.disease
eye diseases
Confidence interval
Surgery
Acrylates
El Niño
Child, Preschool
Female
business
Follow-Up Studies
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 01616420
- Volume :
- 114
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Ophthalmology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....565a7c9a6a1c59efed14869c54d10456