Table 5.
Mean ages of 284 patients receiving various capsulotomy techniques during pediatric cataract surgery without complication, or with an anterior capsule tear during surgery
| Eyes without capsular tears |
Eyes with capsular tears |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capsulotomy technique | Mean age (±sd) | Age range | Median | No. of eyes | Mean age (±sd) | Age range | Median | No. of eyes |
| Vitrectorhexis | 38.0 (±38.7) mo | (0 – 181 mo) | 22.0 mo | 192 | 67.1 (±47.9) mo | (6 – 135 mo) | 61.0 mo | 16 |
| Manual CCC | 108.9 (±57.5) mo | (7 – 234 mo) | 104.0 mo | 44 | 66.7 (±54.2) mo | (25 – 128 mo) | 47.0 mo | 3 |
| Can-opener | 1.0 mo | NA | NA | 1 | 1.0 mo | NA | NA | 1 |
| Kloti radiofrequency | 77.0 (±55.3) mo | (6 – 156 mo) | 61.7 mo | 15 | 57.0 (±26.7) mo | (25 – 86 mo) | 58.5 mo | 4 |
| Fugo plasma blade | 54.2 (±33.0) mo | (21 – 87 mo) | 54.5 mo | 3 | 58.3 (±23.9) mo | (21 – 87 mo) | 59.0 mo | 5 |
CCC, continuous curvilinear capsulorrhexis.