title: [Posterior continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis with optic capture of the posterior chamber intraocular lens in pediatric cataract].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the clinical effects of posterior continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis with optic capture of the posterior chamber intraocular lens in pediatric cataract.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty-one cases (83 eyes) received posterior continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis with optic capture of the posterior chamber intraocular lens. Preoperative and postoperative visual acuity and refractive error were recorded. Intraoperative and postoperative complications were observed. The follow-up period was from 6 to 36 months.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Implantation of optic capture of the posterior chamber intraocular lens was successfully performed in 75 eyes (90.4%). The mean postoperative best corrected distant visual acuity achieved 0.5 or better in 75 eyes (48.0%). No eyes with optic capture were found optic axis opaque. The major complications of optic capture were anterior chamber fibrous exudation, iris posterior synechia and lenticular precipitates.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Optic capture of the posterior chamber intraocular lens is safe and effective in the treatment of pediatric cataract to posterior continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis especially in the prevention of secondary opacification from the visual axis.
authors.affiliation: Wuhan Aier Eye Hospital, Wuhan, 430063, China. cmcdoctor@sina.com
authors.forename: Mao-sheng
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Ying-jia
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Wei-xiao
authors.initials: WX
authors.lastname: Luo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D019923:Capsulorhexis / Q000379:methods*; D002386:Cataract / Q000151:congenital* / Q000517:prevention & control; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007903:Lens Capsule, Crystalline / Q000601:surgery*; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular / Q000379:methods*; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D018918:Phacoemulsification; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014792:Visual Acuity