Research Article
Outcome of Pediatric Cataract Surgeries in a Tertiary Center in Switzerland
Table 2
Ocular anomalies and systemic diagnosis of the affected patients (20/63) with cataract are listed.
| Ocular anomalies and systemic diagnosis | N |
| Complex ocular anomalies | Complex anterior segment dysgenesis (microcornea, posterior embryotoxon, posterior synechiae) | 1 | PAX6 mutation (aniridia, persistent tunica vasculosa lentis, macular hypoplasia) | 1 |
| Extraocular anomalies | Heart defects (microcornea ) | 4 |
| Extraocular diseases | Juvenile rheumatic arthritis with chronic uveitis | 1 | Nonclassified muscular dystrophy | 1 |
| Syndromes | Sakoda complex (agenesis of the corpus callosum and encephalocele, cleft palate, hypoplasia of the right optic nerve) | 1 | Down syndrome (vitreous opacities ) | 2 | Dysmorphic syndromes of unknown origin (microcornea ) | 3 | Marden-Walker syndrome | 1 | Lowe syndrome (persistent tunica vasculosa lentis) | 1 | Oculo-facio-cardio-dental syndrome | 1 |
| Varia | Prematurity of the newborn
Gestational age: 31 weeks , 36 weeks (laser scars due to the treatment of retinopathy of prematurity) | 3 |
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N: patient number. Diagnosis of aphakic glaucoma during follow-up period. |