Table 1 Visual outcomes following persistent foetal vasculature (PFV) associated cataract surgery.

From: Cataract management in children: a review of the literature and current practice across five large UK centres

Author

Year

No. of eyes

Mean age at surgery (Mo. ± SD)

Anterior PFV only (%)

Posterior PFV only (%)

Mixed Pfv (%)

Follow-up (Mo. ± SD)

+IOL (%)

% eyes non-quantifiable or NPL

% F + F/quantifiable VA

RD (%)

Vitreous haemorrhage (%)

VAO

Bawa Dass and Trese [81]

1999

27

16.4 ± 42.2

2 (7.4)

10 (37.0)

15 (55.6)

35 ± 37.1

0

70.4

29.6

16

12

0

Alexandrakis et al. [82]

2000

30

16

2 (6.7)

2 (6.7)

26 (86.7)

32

2

26.7

73.3

10

0

0

Anteby et al. [83]

2002

89

14.4 ± 22.8

29 (32.5)

28 (31.4)

30 (33.7)

75.6 ± 68.4

49.2

26.7

73.3

14.8

0

27.9

Sisk et al. [77]

2010

70

3.83

26 (37.1)

7 (10)

37 (52.9)

47

8.6

30

70

21.4

0

12.9

Morrison et al. [84] (IATS)

2011

18

2

 

0

 

12

38.9

0

94.5

5.6

11.1

22.2

Vasavada et al. [85]

2012

33

6.30 ± 5.16

33 (100)

0

0

36 ± 2

48.5

45.5

54.5

3

9.1

18.1

Kuhli-Hattenbach et al. [86]

2016

19

5.47 ± 3.47

16 (84.2)

0

3 (15.8)

53.21 ± 49

 

36.8

63.2

15.8

52.6

Not reported

Solebo et al. [87] unilateral (IOLu2)

2016

46

2.25

22 (47.8)

0

23 (50)

12

35

10

90

0

0

Not reported

Solebo et al. [87] bilateral (IOLu2)

2016

12

4.75

6 (50)

0

6 (50)

12

33

0

100

0

0

Not reported

Karacorlu et al. [88]

2018

44

3

5 (11)

5 (11)

34 (78)

37.2 ± 38.1

2

48

32

14

0

9