Fluorescein iridoangiography of children with artiphakia following the removal of congenital and traumatic cataracts

: The authors analyze the results of fluorescent angiography of the iris in 41 children operated on for congenital (n = 11) and traumatic (n = 30) cataracts. Iris clips-lenses with iridointra- and iridocapsular fixation and the posterior-chamber lenses with fixation in the capsular sac and sulcus ciliaris were implanted. The time parameters of iridal microcirculation normalized in 3 months after surgery in children with congenital cataracts. Increased permeability of the iridal vessels was detected before surgery in 50% of the children with traumatic cataracts. Iridal microcirculation recovery after surgery occurred later in the majority of patients: in 6 months, whatever the type of intraocular lens and the mode of its fixation. In some children with manifest posttraumatic abnormalities concomitant with the cataract increased permeability of the iridal vessels persisted a year after surgery despite the clinically fair status of the eye.