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. 2018 Mar 22:2018:2909024.
doi: 10.1155/2018/2909024. eCollection 2018.

Effect of Timing of Initial Cataract Surgery, Compliance to Amblyopia Therapy on Outcomes of Secondary Intraocular Lens Implantation in Chinese Children: A Retrospective Case Series

Liuyang Li  1 , Yan Wang  1   2 , Caihong Xue  2
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Effect of Timing of Initial Cataract Surgery, Compliance to Amblyopia Therapy on Outcomes of Secondary Intraocular Lens Implantation in Chinese Children: A Retrospective Case Series

Liuyang Li et al. J Ophthalmol. .

Abstract

Purpose: As a secondary analysis, we reassess the association of initial congenital cataract surgery times, compliance to amblyopia therapy, and visual outcomes for a long-term follow-up in a secondary IOL implantation.

Methods: Retrospective review of records of all infants with congenital cataracts who underwent secondary IOL implantation in the Eye and ENT Hospital of Fudan University from January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2007, and the minimum follow-up period was 5 years. Multiple regression analysis was used and the possible confounding factors were also analyzed to assess the effect on visual outcome.

Results: A total of 110 patients (male: 59.1%) were included. The median (min-max) age at cataract extraction and IOL implantation was 7.5 (3.0-15.0) and 35.0 (22.0-184.0) months, respectively, and the average follow-up period was 99.3 ± 23.6 months. The median (min-max) BCVA at final follow-up was 0.20 (0.01-1.00). Compliance to amblyopia therapy was none, poor, and good in 21.8%, 24.5%, and 53.6%, respectively. Postoperative BCVA [logMAR, median (min-max) 0.70 (0.00-2.00)] linearly decreased with increasing cataract extraction time (per month) (β = 0.04, 95% CI: 0.03-0.06, p < 0.0001) in multivariable models with laterality and compliance to amblyopia therapy adjusted. Good compliance to amblyopia therapy was associated with better BCVA (logMAR) at last follow-up (β = -0.40, 95% CI = -0.53 to -0.27, p < 0.0001) with laterality, opacity type, and extraction time adjusted.

Conclusions: For Chinese infants with congenital cataract, an earlier primary congenital cataract surgery at an age of 3 to 15 months is associated with a better visual outcome. Good compliance to amblyopia therapy was also significant to visual outcome.

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Figure 1
Smooth curve fitting of cataract extraction times and long-term visual outcomes. In the figure, the solid line indicates the estimated long-term visual outcomes, and the dotted lines represent the point wise 95% confidence interval. Laterality, opacity type, and compliance to amblyopia therapy have been adjusted.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Kaplan–Meier analysis of the probability of good long-term visual acuity. Kaplan–Meier analysis showed the probability of good long-term visual acuity, which was defined as logMAR BCVA less than 0.4. The solid line indicates the patients who had lenses extracted at 3 months to 5 months, and the dotted lines represent those who had lenses extracted at 6 months to 15 months. (log rank, p = 0.097).
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