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[Refractive changes in children with pseudophakia]
Iwona Jaworowska-Cieślińska1, Józef Kałuzny
1Kliniki Chorób Oczu Akademii Medycznej w Bydgoszczy.
Purpose:
To report refractive changes after cataract surgery and intraocular lens implantation in children.
Material And Methods:
104 patients (123 eyes) operated between January 1987 and December 1997 with congenital or traumatic cataract. Refractive power in both operated and non operated eyes, were measured.
Results:
The operated eyes tended to become myopic. Children, who underwent surgery in the first 6 years of life had a greater myopic shift than older children. The mean myopic shift ranged from -2.33 D to -0.51 D in operated eyes and from -1.05 D to -0.49 D in non operated eyes.
Conclusions:
Pseudophakia in children is predicted to result in a large quantity of myopic shift, particularly in very young children. This natural myopic shift is magnified by the optical effect of a high-power IOL.
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