FEATURES OF POST-CONTUSION CATARACTS IN ADULTS ABLE-BODIED AGES

Objective: to study the characteristic features of cataracts in the outcome of severe eyeball contusions, in adults under 60 years of age. Materials and methods. The study group consisted of 32 patients, operated on for post-traumatic cataracts, which appeared at different times after a severe eye contusion. Resats ofthe study. Most patients noted the occurrence of cataract symptoms as early as 1-1.5 years after the injury. The older the patients, the faster the turbidity progressed. Subluxation of the lens was revealed in a significant proportion of them. As a result of surgical treatment, it was possible to practically restore visual functions in all patients. Conclusion. Patients with severe eye contusions need systematic and long-term follow-up, surgical treatment of postcontractive cataracts is often complicated by the presence of subluxation of the lens. In the examined group of patients, there is a tendency to shorten the progression of post-traumatic cataracts with increasing age, however, this issue requires further study (bibliography: 6 refs).

lens damage, lens subluxation, post-traumatic cataract, severe eye contusion