title: Good visual function after neonatal surgery for congenital monocular cataracts.
abstract: We treated eight neonates who had total, monocular, congenital cataracts with surgery, occlusion, and contact lenses. Visual results in all eight patients were good. In five patients visual acuities improved to 6/9 (20/30) or better in the aphakic eye. In three patients visual acuities improved to 6/24 (20/80) or better. Problems with contact lenses probably accounted for the poorer results in two of these three patients. Binocularity was not demonstrated in any of our patients.
mesh_terms: D001036:Aphakia, Postcataract; D002386:Cataract / Q000151:congenital*; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D003261:Contact Lenses; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D014792:Visual Acuity