title: A safe technique for in-the-bag intraocular lens implantation in pediatric cataract surgery.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe a safe technique for in-the-bag intraocular lens (IOL) implantation in pediatric cataract patients who undergo lens aspiration with primary posterior capsulorhexis and anterior vitrectomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty eyes of 45 consecutive patients with congenital/developmental cataract underwent lens aspiration with primary posterior continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis (PCCC) with anterior vitrectomy and in-the-bag IOL implantation using the described technique of IOL implantation using anterior capsule as support.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All eyes had stable IOL at the end of surgery and none of the eyes had lens decentration/dislocation in posterior vitreous.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Implantation of in-the-bag IOL is difficult in children who undergo primary PCCC with anterior vitrectomy. Our technique of implanting IOL by pushing it against the back surface of anterior capsule is a safe method and results in no complications related to faulty IOL implantation.
authors.affiliation: Dr Rajendra Prasad Center for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi - India.
authors.forename: Sudarshan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Khokhar
authors.forename: Reetika
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Bharat
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Patil
authors.forename: Gautam
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.forename: Bhagabat
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nayak
authors.forename: Ravish Akhilkumar
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Kinkhabwala
mesh_terms: D019923:Capsulorhexis / Q000379:methods; D002386:Cataract / Q000151:congenital; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007903:Lens Capsule, Crystalline / Q000601:surgery*; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular / Q000379:methods*; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D014821:Vitrectomy / Q000379:methods