Cataract surgery in eyes with congenital ocular coloboma

PURPOSE: To assess the safety, efficacy, and complication rate of phacoemulsification and intraocular lens (IOL) implantation in patients with congenital uveal coloboma and to evaluate the role of pupilloplasty.

METHODS: A retrospective review of 41 eyes (31 patients) with congenital coloboma that underwent phacoemulsification and IOL implantation between September 2012 and September 2018. Preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative data were collected for analysis.

RESULTS: The mean patient age at surgery was 53.9 years (range 15-82). The primary indication for surgery was cataract removal for visual improvement, and lens subluxation was additionally present in two eyes (5%) preoperatively. The mean preoperative corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA) was 0.90 LogMAR. Phacoemulsification surgery was performed in all cases and nine eyes (22%) had pupilloplasty for pupil reconstitution at the time of the procedure. Surgeon grade varied from trainee surgeon under supervision to consultant. Eight patients (19.5%) had posterior capsular rupture (PCR) with or without vitreous loss requiring anterior vitrectomy. Of these, 2 cases (5%) had dropped nuclear fragments requiring subsequent pars plana vitrectomy and lens fragment removal. The mean postoperative CDVA was 0.62 LogMAR (p = 0.0003).

CONCLUSION: Patients with iridolenticular choroidal coloboma appear to be more at risk of complications, as were cases performed by non-consultant surgeons. Contrary, patients with phakodonesis, preoperative anterior chamber vitreous, dense cataracts, and cases were iris hooks used had no significant difference at PCR rate. The risk of postoperative glare and pupilloplasty needs to be considered in cases with good visual potential to avoid a possible second procedure.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:258

Enthalten in:

Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie - 258(2020), 12 vom: 12. Dez., Seite 2753-2759

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Phylactou, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Matarazzo, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Day, Alexander Clifford [VerfasserIn]
Hussain, Badrul [VerfasserIn]
Maurino, Vincenzo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cataract surgery
Coloboma
Iridoplasty
Journal Article
Phacoemulsification
Pupilloplasty

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Date Completed 18.08.2021

Date Revised 18.08.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00417-020-04915-1

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM314589929