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This study analyses visual outcome, uveitis course and complications after cataract surgery with intraocular lens (IOL) implantation in adolescents and adults with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)-associated or antinuclear antibodies (ANA)-positive uveitis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Data before and at 6\u2009weeks, 1 and 2 years after surgery were retrospectively analysed according to Standardization of Uveitis Nomenclature (SUN) standards. Surgery was performed with small incisions, phacoemulsification and IOL implantation. Surgical technique was adapted to pre-existing uveitis-related morphological abnormalities. Predictors of visual outcome and vision-threatening complications at 2-year follow-up (FU) were analysed.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>93 surgeries of 83\u2009patients (84% female; mean age 24.8\u00b116.2 years) with JIA-associated (84%) or ANA-positive (16%) anterior uveitis were analysed. Preoperative treatment included topical steroids, conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (csDMARDs; 72.0%) or biological (b) DMARDs (65.6%). Besides cataract, uveitis-related complications (eg, fibrotic lens membrane, posterior synechiae and pupil contraction) were present in 95.7% before surgery. Best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) in logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution (logMAR) improved from 1.57\u00b11.32 preoperatively to 0.42\u00b10.83\u2009at 2 years (p&lt;0.001). Postoperative complications included posterior synechiae formation (30%), giant-cell deposits (35.7%), posterior capsule opacification (51.9%) and macular oedema (12.7%). Significant preoperative predictors of poor visual outcome included poor BCVA and high laser flare (LF) values, and those of postoperative ocular complications also included poor BCVA and a lack of systemic anti-inflammatory drug use (each, p&lt;0.05).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Beneficial outcomes can be achieved following cataract surgery with IOL implantation in adolescents and adults with JIA-associated or ANA-positive anterior uveitis. 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