PURPOSE: To report the long-term rates of @entity227 in @entity1 who underwent @entity231 surgery after late diagnosis. METHODS: The records of @entity1 who underwent @entity231 surgery in northern China between January 1994 and December 2009 were retrospectively reviewed. Age at surgery, surgical approach, postoperative best-corrected visual acuity, and compliance with amblyopia treatment were evaluated. @entity227 was defined as best-corrected visual acuity <20/60. RESULTS: Of 486 @entity1 included in this study, 2 (0.4%) had surgery by age 3 months and 68 (14%) by age 6 months. Of the 536 eyes of 331 @entity1 with visual acuity recorded at final follow-up, 151 eyes (37%) had bilateral @entity231 and 82 (65%) had unilateral @entity231 , with a total of 233 (45%) considered @entity227 . In @entity1 who had surgery before 36 months of age for @entity231 , there was no significant difference in rates of @entity227 with versus without primary @entity737 . In @entity1 with unilateral @entity231 , @entity227 occurred regardless of age at surgery or whether IOL was primarily implanted. Postoperatively, compliance with amblyopia treatment was good in 30% of @entity1 , fair in 45%, and poor in 31%. CONCLUSIONS: The long-term visual acuity was unfavorable in approximately half of @entity1 diagnosed and treated for pediatric @entity231 after 3 months of age. Contributing factors included age at presentation and absence of effective training for postoperative vision rehabilitation.

Long-term results of pediatric XXXX surgery after delayed diagnosis.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['children', 'patients'] @entity227 :: ('MESH:D014786', 'Disease') :: ['visually impaired', 'Visual impairment', 'visual impairment'] @entity737 :: ('MESH:D057873', 'Disease') :: ['IOL implantation'] @entity231 :: ('MESH:D002386', 'Disease') :: ['cataracts', 'bilateral cataracts', 'cataract']
@entity231 :: (MESH:D002386,Disease) :: ['cataract']
