Frequency of ciliary body or retinal breaks and retinal detachment in eyes with atopic cataract.
OBJECTIVE
To determine the frequency of ciliary body or retinal breaks and retinal detachment in eyes with atopic cataract.


METHODS
The records of 106 eyes (74 patients) with atopic cataract that underwent cataract extraction were reviewed. The frequency of ciliary body or retinal breaks and retinal detachment was classified by their presence preoperatively and postoperatively, and by cataract type.


RESULTS
Breaks were detected preoperatively in 27 eyes (25.5%) of 17 patients in the ciliary body (20 eyes, 18.9%), near the ora serrata (five eyes, 4.7%), and in undefined locations (two eyes, 1.9%). Among these, 16 eyes (15.1%) had already developed retinal detachment. After surgery, a ciliary body break occurred in one eye (0.9%) and retinal detachment in four eyes (3.8%) of three patients. The breaks that caused postoperative retinal detachment were in the ciliary body. When classified by cataract type, the highest frequency of breaks was associated with mature cataracts (35.0%), and all eyes with breaks developed retinal detachment.


CONCLUSIONS
One fourth of eyes with atopic cataract had breaks in the ciliary body or ora serrata, or retinal detachment preoperatively. The highest frequency of either breaks or retinal detachment was associated with mature cataract. The frequency of breaks or detachment that occurred postoperatively (approximately 5%) was lower than that present preoperatively.
Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan. hhayashi@fukuoka-u.ac.jp
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002386:Cataract / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002924:Ciliary Body; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011184:Postoperative Period; D015995:Prevalence; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000453:epidemiology; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000453:epidemiology; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D014603:Uveal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology