Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-9570
ISSN: 2155-9570
The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, 2318 Fillmore St, San Francisco, CA 94115, United States
Research Article
Ocular Axial Length Growth of Cataractous and Fellow Eyes in Paediatric Patients after Unilateral Cataract Surgery
Author(s): Ashraf Wasfy Harb* and Arvind Chandna
Background: To assess the preoperative and postoperative axial length growth of the cataractous and unaffected eyes in
children who had unilateral cataract surgery.
Materials and methods: This was a retrospective study involving 38 eyes from 19 children who had unilateral cataract
extraction due to unilateral congenital or developmental cataract. Preoperatively, at the time of surgery or a few days before
surgery, and postoperatively, at the final follow-up appointment, the axial lengths of the cataractous and unaffected eyes
were measured. Three of the 19 patients had no postoperative axial length measurements, thus they were excluded from the
postoperative portion of the study. The measurements of axial length in the cataractous and unaffected eyes were compared.
Results: The axial length of the catara.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2155-9570.22.13.933