African American children have a thinner CCT compared to white children at all ages. Children of both racial groups have an increasing value of CCT with increasing age after approximately age 10 years. Children born prematurely have a thinner CCT than full-term children.
The high incidence of a symptomatic early IOP spike in patients with aphakic glaucoma warrants meticulous ophthalmic viscosurgical device removal at the end of surgery, consideration of the routine use of prophylactic topical and/or systemic glaucoma medication, and monitoring during the early postoperative period.
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