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According to the patient's history, the child had an earlier lens extraction with IOL implantation procedure in another center due to unilateral congenital cataract. In our opinion, the acrylic material and the elastic architecture of the haptics permit them to stretch or compress without causing significant stress to the scleral and conjunctival tissue. [...]despite the lens being manufactured and used for adults as previously mentioned, it could also be a great option for use in cases in children. [...]concerning visual acuity, the patient had a BCVA of 0.17 decimal with glasses with refraction correction of +5.00 sphere and −2.00 cylinder × 60°.
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PURPOSE: To assess outcomes and recovery strategy of patients undergoing intravitreal injections for exudative age-related macular degeneration who experienced COVID-19 related interruption in treatment during complete lockdown. METHODS: This was a retrospective, observational case study. We used a mixed effect model with random intercepts to evaluate best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) accounting for measured central macular thickness (CMT) and individual variability of each eye. Furthermore, we analysed measures of the pigmented epithelium detachment as well as presence of subretinal fluid and intraretinal cysts. RESULTS: We included 39 patients and we found a significant reduction in the BCVA between the pre- and post-lockdown controlling for CMT. There was no significant difference in pigmented epithelium detachment and in presence of subretinal fluid and intraretinal cysts. CONCLUSION: We detected a significant loss in visual function. The magnitude of the average loss was, however, limited suggesting good efficacy of the recovery strategy.