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Anthony G. Zaborowski, FCOphth; Anthony G. Quinn, FRANZCO; Caspar E. Gibbon, FRCOphth; Sanjiv Banerjee, FRCOphth; Andrew D. Dick, PhD

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We read with interest the case series by Nemet et al¹ of 18 pediatric patients with uveitic cataracts who underwent surgery with primary intraocular lens implantation. Correction of aphakia following pediatric uveitic cataract surgery is controversial, and there is a widely held belief that these children should be left aphakic because of high complication rates and poor visual outcomes with lens implantation.² However, several recent articles have supported the use of intraocular lenses.^3-4

We reviewed our own data on 6 pediatric patients (9 eyes) aged between 2 years 9 months and 15 years 8 months who had uveitic cataracts and underwent cataract surgery with primary acrylic intraocular lens implantation between February 2, 2004, and August 21, 2006. Table 1 describes the preoperative patient characteristics. Three patients had juvenile idiopathic arthritis–related uveitis . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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