Assessment of intraocular lens implantation in children.
Visual rehabilitation by conventional aphakic spectacles and contact lenses has posed a serious problem in the pediatric population. While the use of intraocular lenses has not achieved widespread acceptance as a form of aphakic correction, we have obtained encouraging results in some of our patients. In this report, we discuss two categories: those patients with congenital cataracts, and those patients with traumatic cataracts.
D000367:Age Factors; D000550:Amblyopia / Q000517:prevention & control; D001036:Aphakia, Postcataract / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002386:Cataract / Q000151:congenital* / Q000209:etiology; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D006820:Hyaluronic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D007903:Lens Capsule, Crystalline / Q000601:surgery; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D011183:Postoperative Complications
D006820:Hyaluronic Acid