title: Management of pediatric cataract and lens opacities.
abstract: The diagnosis and surgical management of cataracts in children has benefitted from improvements in microsurgical techniques. Intraocular lens placement has become standard in children 2 years of age and older. Initial experience with intraocular lens implantation in infants found a high rate of surgical complications. However, refinements in surgical techniques may lesson these complications. Posterior capsule opacification is a frequent postoperative problem after pediatric cataract surgery. Posterior continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis with anterior vitrectomy is an effective means to prevent opacification of the visual axis in children.
authors.affiliation: Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, 5850 Landerbrook Drive, Suite 240, Mayfield Heights, Cleveland, OH 44124, USA. jellis1217@aol.com
authors.forename: Forrest J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Ellis
mesh_terms: D002386:Cataract / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications*; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular / Q000379:methods