Cataract Surgery with or without Intraocular Lens Implantation in Pediatric Uveitis: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analyses

Table 1

Characteristics of the included studies.

Reference	Study design	Patients and eyes, N	Country	Age at uveitis diagnosis, years	Age at cataract surgery, years	Females, (%)	Follow-up after cataract surgery, years
Artigas et al. [30]	Retrospective chart review	7 patients, 11 eyes	USA	N/A	7.5 ± 2.5	57%	5.8 ± 4.0
Beal and Wang [31]	Retrospective chart review	25 patients, 32 eyes	USA	N/A	N/A	N/A	4.0
BenEzra and Cohen [31]	Retrospective chart review	17 patients, 20 eyes	Israel	5.7 ± 3.8	9.1 ± 4.6	71%	5.0
Guindolet et al. [32]	Retrospective chart review	16 patients, 20 eyes	France	N/A	7.9 ± 2.8	N/A	3.0
Kemp et al. [33]	Retrospective chart review	7 patients, 9 eyes	USA	4.4 ± 1.8	5.4 ± 2.1	57%	1.6 ± 0.8
Kotaniemi and Penttilä [20]	Retrospective chart review	25 patients, 39 eyes	Finland	6.8 ± 5.8	11.3	84%	3.3
O’Rourke et al. [34]	Retrospective chart review	7 patients, 10 eyes	Ireland	7.7 ± 2.2	N/A	57%	7.4 ± 2.7
Quinones et al. [35]	Retrospective chart review	34 patients, 41 eyes	USA	6.7 ± 3.0	9.8 ± 3.3	71%	4.1 ± 3.9
Sijssens et al. [36]	Retrospective chart review	29 patients, 48 eyes	The Netherlands	4.2 ± 1.6	7.1 ± 2.5	62%	7
Yangzes et al. [21]	Retrospective chart review	37 patients, 58 eyes	India	N/A	10.5 ± 5.4	68%	3.7 ± 7.2

Data are presented in mean ± standard deviation where possible. IOL = intraocular lens; N/A = not available; USA = United States of America.