Pediatric XXXX surgery with or without anterior vitrectomy.

@entity1 @entity4625 @entity231
PURPOSE: To evaluate after- @entity231 formation in @entity1 having @entity231 surgery with or without dry anterior vitrectomy and possible differences according to age. SETTING: St. Erik's Eye Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. METHODS: This retrospective study comprised 85 eyes of 85 @entity1 from 0 to 15 years old who had @entity231 surgery with or without anterior vitrectomy after the implantation of an intraocular lens (IOL). All @entity1 had primary posterior capsulorhexis but no optic capture. Thirty-five @entity1 received a heparin-surface-modified @entity4625 IOL (809C, Pharmacia _ Upjohn) and 50 @entity1 , a foldable acrylic IOL (AcrySof(R), Alcon). The records from follow-up visits at the @entity1 ' home clinics were used for analysis. RESULTS: Significantly fewer @entity1 were operated on for after- @entity231 if they had @entity231 surgery with anterior vitrectomy (P <.05). This applied to both IOL types. In the @entity1 older than 7 years in the AcrySof IOL group, there was no difference in the frequency of after- @entity231 surgery (P >.05). CONCLUSION: In @entity1 younger than 7 years with an AcrySof IOL, the rate of after- @entity231 surgery was significantly less in those who had an anterior vitrectomy at the time of @entity231 surgery (P <.05). In younger @entity1 , it is advantageous to perform @entity231 surgery with anterior vitrectomy to help prevent after- @entity231 formation; however, vitrectomy is not necessary in older @entity1 .
