4^th Global Pediatric Ophthalmology Congress

Pediatric Cataract Surgery

Management for pediatric cataracts should be individualized and requires experienced team work. Most cases of congenital cataracts are familial or idiopathic; only rarely are they associated with metabolic disorders or ocular abnormalities. The time and method of treatment are of crucial importance for visual rehabilitation. Cataract surgery is indicated when the opacity significantly obscures the visual axis. The pediatric eye is not simply a miniaturized adult eye, surgery should be performed by an experienced surgeon and the postoperative course needs to be monitored carefully.

• Blurry vision
• Trauma
• Nuclear cataracts
• Congenital cataracts
• Traumatic cataracts
• Radiation cataracts
• Phacoemulsification