title: Cataract extraction and intraocular lens implantation in children with uveitis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the long term results of cataract surgery with intraocular lens implantation (IOL) in children with uveitis.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study included 10 eyes in seven children (age 3.5-10 years, mean 6.5 years). The cataract surgery included capsulorhexis of the anterior and the posterior capsule, anterior vitrectomy in some eyes, and implantation of a heparin surface modified (HSM) poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) IOL into the capsular bag.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Follow up periods ranged from 1 to 5 years. Best corrected visual acuity after surgery reached 20/50-20/20 in all but two eyes. Opacities or membranes requiring reoperation developed in seven eyes. Glaucoma developed in three eyes after the cataract operation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results suggest that implantation of a HSM PMMA IOL is an alternative to correct aphakia also in children with uveitis.
authors.affiliation: St Erik's Eye Hospital, Polhemsgatan 50, SE-112 82 Stockholm, Sweden. anna.lundvall@ophste.hs.sll.se
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lundvall
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zetterström
mesh_terms: D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000150:complications*; D002386:Cataract / Q000209:etiology; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006493:Heparin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular / Q000379:methods*; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D012086:Reoperation; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014605:Uveitis / Q000209:etiology*; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014821:Vitrectomy / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D006493:Heparin; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate