title: Assessment of visual function in children with foldable intraocular lens implants.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the current study was to assess the results of cataract surgery involving implantation of foldable intraocular lenses in children.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cataract surgery with foldable lenses was performed in 60 children. Postoperative visual acuity, endothelial cell density, corneal pachymetry, postoperative astigmatism and complications were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Quick visual recovery was observed in children after surgery. Only a few postoperative complications occurred.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The foldable intraocular lenses are easy to insert. The surgical procedure with foldable lens implantation is a useful and safe method of treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Children's Ophthalmology, Children Teaching Hospital, Białystok, Poland.
authors.forename: Alina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bakunowicz-Łazarczyk
authors.forename: Dorota
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sredzińska-Kita
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mrugacz
authors.forename: Michał
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Szumiński
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002386:Cataract / Q000628:therapy*; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular / Q000379:methods*; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D011044:Poland; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014792:Visual Acuity; D055815:Young Adult