title: Scleral-fixated posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation in pediatric and adult patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the results of scleral-fixated posterior chamber intraocular lenses (SFIOL) in pediatric and adult patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  We carried out a retrospective analysis of 129 eyes of 120 patients (adult group, n = 96; pediatric group, n = 24) who underwent SFIOL implantation. Outcome measures were indications, corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA), change in visual acuity, and complications.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The median follow-up time was six months (minimum: 6; maximum: 55 months). The median preoperative CDVAs were similar between the groups (p = 0,253). The median postoperative CDVA was 0.2 (min: hand motion; max: 0.8) in pediatric patients and 0.5 (min: hand motion; max: 1.0) in adult patients in decimal notation, (p = 0.017). The CDVA improved at least one Snellen line or remained unchanged in all pediatric eyes, and in 87 (90.6%) adult eyes. The change in visual acuity was similar between the groups (p = 0.296).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In both pediatric and adult patients, SFIOL implantation ends with favorable outcomes over the short term.
authors.affiliation: Ankara Training and Research Hospital , Ankara , Turkey.
authors.forename: Ayse
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Burcu
authors.forename: Zuleyha
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yalniz-Akkaya
authors.forename: Iskan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Abay
authors.forename: Mehmet Akif
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Acar
authors.forename: Firdevs
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ornek
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular / Q000379:methods*; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018918:Phacoemulsification; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate; D011126:Polypropylenes; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012590:Sclera / Q000601:surgery*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013537:Sutures; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology; D014821:Vitrectomy; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D011126:Polypropylenes; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate