Authors: Toshiyuki Nagamoto Tetsuro Oshika Takashi Fujikado Tatsuro Ishibashi Miho Sato Mineo Kondo Daijiro Kurosaka Noriyuki Azuma
Publish Date: 2015/05/15
Volume: 59, Issue: 4, Pages: 203-208
Abstract
Thirtyfour facilities reported their preferred methods for the surgical treatment of congenital cataracts including data from 809 eyes of 508 patients who had undergone surgery More than 85 of the respondents answered that they would consider surgery even if the visual prognosis was not promising because of possible formdeprivation amblyopia The most commonly performed surgical maneuvers were scleral tunnel incision 884 30mm or smaller incision 788 manual anterior continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis 902 success rate posterior capsulotomy 925 for patients aged ≤6 years anterior vitrectomy by the limbal approach 859 for patients aged ≤6 years and wound closure with sutures 932 Posterior capsulotomy and vitrectomy were not usually performed in patients aged 6 years Implantation of an intraocular lens IOL was mostly indicated in patients aged 2 years or older Implantation of an acrylic foldable IOL 766 into the capsular bag 897 was the most common practice among the surgeonsThis study was supported by a Health and Labour Sciences Research Grant Research on Measures for Intractable Diseases from the Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare of Japan We thank all of the physicians from the following institutions who contributed to this study by providing valuable information National Center for Child Health and Development Hyogo Prefectural Kobe Children’s Hospital Aichi Children’s Health and Medical Center Osaka City General Hospital Kyorin University School of Medicine Fukushima Medical University Osaka Medical Center and Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health Iwate Medical University University of Tsukuba Faculty of Medicine Dokkyo Medical University Kagoshima University Faculty of Medicine Kanagawa Children’s Medical Center Hamamatsu University School of Medicine Osaka University Medical School Keio University School of Medicine Kurume University School of Medicine Wakayama Medical University Kagawa University Faculty of Medicine Kanazawa University School of Medicine University of Fukui Faculty of Medical Science Shiga University of Medical Science Ehime University School of Medicine Toho University Omori Medical Center Shinshu University School of Medicine Kyushu University School of Medicine Kobe University School of Medicine Nagoya University School of Medicine Hokkaido Children’s Hospital and Medical Center Kagawa National Children’s Hospital Chiba University School of Medicine University of Tokyo Faculty of Medicine Nippon Medical School Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital and Tokyo Medical University
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