title: Fitting aphakic children with contact lenses.
abstract: Young children occasionally suffer from cataracts. Etiology may be trauma or heredity, but surgical removal and proper contact lens care are now considered imperative for visual development. This paper describes the author's method for fitting and caring for young aphakic children.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001036:Aphakia, Postcataract / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003261:Contact Lenses / Q000592:standards*; D003263:Contact Lenses, Hydrophilic / Q000592:standards*; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male