Analysis of complications incidence and structure in the long-term period after congenital cataract aspiration with IOL implantation in children at different age of early childhood period

The data of study of the incidence and structure of complications in the long-term period after congenital cataract aspiration with IOL implantation in children at different age of early childhood are presented. The results were analyzed in 64 children (92 eyes) at the terms 1.5-3.5 years after the operation on reaching the age of 4 by the patients. The obtained data indicated that the secondary cataract was the main post-op complication. Fibrosis of posterior capsule of the lens was the most frequent (53.0+1.8%) type of the secondary cataract that most often developed in children at infancy and in the initial period of the early childhood during initial 1.5-2 months, and in children at the final period of the early childhood in 4-5 months after surgery. The incidence of post-op inflammatory reactions was not high making 7.2+0.5% of cases among the infants of all ages.

congenital cataract, aspiration of the lens, secondary cataract, fibrosis of the lens capsule, Adamyuk-Elschnig pearls