[Results of the surgical treatment in syndrome of primary persistent hyperplastic vitreous body].

Nineteen children with this syndrome aged 4 months to 15 years were treated. In case of a functioning hyaloid artery, the authors used an original surgical method. Visual functions were improved in 76.9% cases. In 23.1% cases vision acuity remained unchanged because of profound degenerative changes in the retina. Clinical results demonstrate the necessity of early surgery in children with the syndrome in question, because opening of the central retinal zone prevents the development of deprivation amblyopia.