[Results of cataract surgery in patients with uveitis].
OBJECTIVE
Extraction of cataracts with posterior chamber intraocular lens (PC-IOL) implantation has been attempted with some encouraging results in uveitis having minor intensity. However, the number of operated patients is very limited. We present the results in patients having more important intensity of uveitis.


METHODS
The authors studied 28 eyes in 20 patients who underwent cataract extraction as a complication of uveitis.


RESULTS
All the operations were accomplished by phacoemulsification and aspiration (PER) with posterior chamber lens implanted in 23 eyes. Etiologic diagnosis included 8 sarcoidosis, 5 Behçet, 3 Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome and 12 other aetiologies. Eighty percent of patients obtained visual acuity better than 0.6 postoperatively. Postoperative complications were not severe.


CONCLUSIONS
The indication of PC-IOL could be given to cataracts in chronic uveitis if the patients are older than 35 years and there are no uveal inflammatory signs at least 3 months prior to considered implantation.
Harada
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T
Clinique Ophthalmologique Universitaire, Toyoake-cho, Japan.
Takeuchi
T
T
Kuno
H
H
Fukami
H
H
Majima
Y
Y
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D002386:Cataract / Q000209:etiology; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008269:Macular Edema / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications; D014120:Toxocariasis / Q000150:complications; D014605:Uveitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014607:Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D014792:Visual Acuity
Résultats opératoires de la cataracte chez les malades atteints d'uvéite.