Outcomes of cataract surgery in Microophthalmia
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.346.14622Keywords:
Micro ophthalmia (Mo), Congenital cataract (Cc), Intra ocular pressure (Iop), Posterior synachae (Po), Visual axis obscuration (Vao).Abstract
Objective: To find out outcomes of cataract surgery with Microophthalmia in children less than two years.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at Al-Ibrahim Eye Hospital, Karachi from January 2016 to August 2017. It included thirty micro ophthalmic eyes of infants with visually significant cataract of age less than two years who had cataract surgery without intraocular lens implantation. Axial length of globe was 19 mm or less in all thirty eyes of seventeen infants. in which thirteen infants had bilateral cataract and four had unilateral cataract.
Result: Thirty Simple Micro ophthalmic eyes from seventeen patients having visually significant congenital cataract were studied. Thirteen had bilateral cataract and four had unilateral cataract. Mean preoperative IOP was 9.0
