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  • Title: [Intraocular correction in the restorative therapy of children with congenital and traumatic cataracts].
    Author: Khvatova AV, Kruglova TB.
    Journal: Vestn Oftalmol; 1992; 108(1):18-21. PubMed ID: 1585530.
    Abstract:
    A total of 140 surgeries making use of aspiration irrigation technique were carried out in 105 children with congenital and traumatic cataracts, aged 4 to 14. The Fyodorov-Zakharov iris clips lenses were implanted. The method was found highly effective and low traumatic. Grave complications, such as iridocyclitis, secondary glaucoma, macular edema, retinal detachment were recorded in late period in just few children, in 0.7-5% of cases. Vision acuity of at least 0.3 diopters was achieved in 87.1% of children with congenital and in 85.7% of those with traumatic cataracts. Binocular vision was restored in 81.4 and 83.3%, respectively.
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