Autores:
J. Ribeiro da Silva, Fátima Campos, João Cabral, A. Castanheira Dinis
Resumo:
Pediatric cataracts pose some problems. The purpose of this paper is to present our experience in pediatric cataract and to emphasize some particularities related to this pathology. A serie of consecutive cataract surgery in 30 children (46 eyes), betwen 1985 and 1991, is reviewed.
Several aspects must be considered, owing to the different characteristics of the congenital and infantile cataracts, and to the problems that a cataract in a child (newborn) presents: the amblyopia, the surgery and the aphakia - pseudo-phakia.
We consider that an early diagnosis and a prompt therapy of the cataract, the characterisation of the cataract itself, and the complience of the child and the family are the main factors for the treatment of pediatric cataracts.
Apresentado:
no Congenital Cataract Symposium, em Londres, Junho de 1992