Taylor (1981)35 | 29 (51) | 0–18 months (16 weeks) | 18 months | NA | NA | Aspiration alone PC intact (28) | 68.0% | Not mentioned |
| | 0–18 months (17.4 weeks) | 18 months | NA | NA | Lensectomy (23) | 0% | Not mentioned |
Chrousos et al (1984)36 | (392) | 0–20 years | 5.5 years | NA | NA | Aspiration alone (304) | 62.1% | 7.2% (glaucoma) |
| | | | | | | | 1.3% (RD) |
| | | | | | Roto extraction and primary capsulotomy -small (34) | 11.7% | 5.8% (glaucoma) |
| | | | | | | | 2.9% (RD) |
| | | | | | Ocutome aspiration-wide post capsulotomy (54) | 0% | 0% (glaucoma) |
| | | | | | | | 1.8% (RD) |
Keech et al (1989)37 | 76 (125) | 0–30 months (18 weeks) | 44.8 months | NA | NA | Aspiration alone (20) | 75.0% | 20% (glaucoma) |
| | | | | | | | 5% (RD) |
| | | | | | Lensectomy (105) | 11.0% | 11.4% (glaucoma) |
| | | | | | | | 0.95% (RD) |
Basti et al (1996)38 | (192) | 2–8 years | 11.3 months | 44.15% | 63.64% | Lensectomy anterior vitrectomy (LAV) (23) | 0% | 0% RD |
| | | | | | | | 0% pupillary capture |
| | | | | | ECCE+IOL (87) | 43.7% | 1.14% (RD) |
| | | | | | | | 8.04% (pupillary capture) |
| | | | | | | | 13.8% (uveitis) |
| | | | | | | | 0% (IOL dislocation) |
| | | | | | ECCE+PPC+AV+IOL (82) | 3.6% | 1.22% (RD) |
| | | | | | | | 8.53% (pupillary capture) |
| | | | | | | | 15.9% (uveitis) |
| | | | | | | | 2.44% (IOL dislocation) |
Eckstein et al (1999)39 | 56 (112) | 3 months–10 years (53 months) | 3 years | 57.1% | 94.6% | Lens aspiration with primary posterior capsulotomy (56) | 66.1% | 1.8% (glaucoma) |
| | | | | | | | 16% (amblyopia) |
| | | | | | | | 1.8% (pupil decentration) |
| | | | | | Lensectomy (vitreophage) (56) | 1.8% | 1.8% (glaucoma) |
| | | | | | | | 3.6% (RD) |
| | | | | | | | 16% (amblyopia) |
| | | | | | | | 3.6% (pupil decentration) |
Yorston et al (2001)40 | 71 (118) | 0–11 years (3.5 years) | 3 months | 44.0% | 91.2% | Anterior capsulotomy and lens aspiration (56) | 35.7% | 1.7% (glaucoma) |
| | | | | | | | 30.5% (uveitis) |
| | | | | | | | 31.4% (amblyopia) |
| | | | | | Anterior capsulotomy + lens aspiration + primary posterior capsulectomy + anterior vitrectomy (62) | 1.6% | |