title: [Functional results of posterior chamber lens implantation for traumatic cataracts in 22 children younger than seven years--a retrospective study].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Surgical correction of aphakia following traumatic cataract in children is discussed controversely in literature. This study shows the functional results after cataract surgery with posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation in children under 7 years of age.
  
  
  METHODS
  This retrospective study analyzes the visual function of 22 children, who were operated after traumatic cataract between 1987 and 1997 at the department of ophthalmology, university of Erlangen-Nürnberg with PCL-implantation. Mean age at injury was 3 years 10 months +/- 1 year 8 months (range 15 to 76 months); the interval between injury and cataract surgery: 2.7 +/- 4.7 months (range 0 to 17 months). The follow-up time
authors.affiliation: Augenklinik mit Poliklinik der Universitat Eriangen-Nurnberg, Schwabachanlage 6, 91054 Erlangen Gabriele.Gusek-Schneider@augen.med.uni-erlangen.de
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Gusek-Schneider
authors.forename: U N
authors.initials: UN
authors.lastname: Weinfurtner
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kuchle
authors.forename: G O
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: Naumann
mesh_terms: D015858:Anisometropia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002386:Cataract / Q000209:etiology; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015807:Eye Injuries, Penetrating / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D015348:Vision, Binocular; D014792:Visual Acuity