[Crystalline lens alloplasty in childhood]

Alloplasty of the lens by means of the N. M. Sergienko's anteroposterior model of intraocular lens was made in 20 children, aged from 5 to 15 years, with traumatic or congenital cataracts. In 16 patients visual acuity after surgery was 0.3-1.0. In children, the postoperative period has some peculiarities, one of them being a longer course of postoperative uveitis with almost a 100% exudative reaction of different degrees. The N. M. Sergienko's anteroposterior model of intraocular lens can be effectively used for intraocular correction in children with traumatic and congenital cataracts, providing reliable fixation and producing no undesirable and specific complications for the construction.