Axial Growth Rate After Surgery and IOL Implantation in Congenital and Developmental Cataract Eyes

Rodrigues, Antonio

Axial Growth Rate After Surgery and IOL Implantation in Congenital and Developmental Cataract Eyes

Sunday, April 27, 2014: 8:11 AM

Room 155 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Antonio C. L. Rodrigues, MD, PhD, São Paulo State University- Botucatu Medical School, Botucatu, Brazil

Rodrigo B. Prado, MD, Unesp - Medicine School of Botucatu, Bauru, Brazil

Virgilio F. Silva, MD, Unesp, Botucatu, sao paulo, Brazil

Narrative Responses:

Purpose
To evaluate the axial growth rate (AGR) of eyes undergoing congenital and developmental cataract surgery with primary IOL implantation and provide estimates of AGR in each age group.

Methods
Prospective analysis of axial growth rate of 69 eyes from 42 children (age up to 12 years old) undergoing cataract extraction with IOL implantation. The measurements of axial length (AL) in the surgery and on each postoperative assessment were correlated with age, laterality and gender. AGR is the percentage of the difference between measures of AL in surgery and the last follow-up examination . The difference in AL eye on follow-up examination was related to age and the averages of AGR in each age group were calculated. Statistical analysis was performed by Student's T test for paired samples.

Results
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Conclusion
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