[Unilateral pediatric cataract surgery].
OBJECTIVE
To analyze the results in a series of children submitted to unilateral cataract surgery.


METHODS
A retrospective study was conducted through the analysis of 35 patient files from the Congenital Cataract Service of UNIFESP/EPM.


RESULTS
The main cause of unilateral cataract was idiopathic, the second cause was ocular trauma and the third cause was congenital rubella. Initial visual acuity was very poor in 51.4% of the cases (did not fix or follow), and the best corrected final visual acuity was better than 20/200 in 42.8% of the eyes.


CONCLUSIONS
Although controversial, the surgical treatment of unilateral cataract, in this study, showed improvement in many cases.
Departamento de Oftalmologia, Serviço de Catarata Congênita, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil. amdbrandao@terra.com.br
Adriana Maria Drummond
AM
Brandão
Márcia Beatriz
MB
Tartarella
D000293:Adolescent; D002386:Cataract / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008457:Measles / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology*