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Br J Ophthalmol 88:905-910 doi:10.1136/bjo.2003.040378
  • Clinical science
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Is early surgery for congenital cataract a risk factor for glaucoma?

Table 4

 The influence of timing of lensectomy on the 5 year corrected visual acuity

Lensectomy timing Number of eyes
logMAR 0.5 or better logMAR 0.6–1.00 Worse than logMAR 1.00 Missing records Total
Unilateral lensectomy subgroup
0–28 days old 4 3 3 0 10
>28 days old 5 4 8 3 20
Total 9 7 11 3 30
Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, DN = 27 = 0.247, p (two tailed) = 0.587
Bilateral lensectomy subgroup
0–28 days old 14 4 6 1 25
>28 days old 27 28 6 12 73
Total 41 32 12 13 98
Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, DN = 85 = 0.197, p (two tailed) = 0.369

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