title: [Results of cataract surgery in patients with uveitis].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Clinique Ophthalmologique Universitaire, Toyoake-cho, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kuno
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fukami
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Majima
mesh_terms: 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
vernacular_title: Résultats opératoires de la cataracte chez les malades atteints d'uvéite.