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Guidelines For Pediatric Cataracts Surgery

Abstract



Modern cataract surgery seeks to restore a child’s natural visual axis for healthy visual development, achieve the optimal refractive result to avoid amblyopia, and provide a secure general anaesthesia.
 
In children, subjective complaints about eyesight are uncommon. The white or partly white pupil is the first symptom that parents often see. Particularly in cases with unilateral cataracts, strabismus may be the first sign, and in newborns with bilateral lens opacities, nystagmus or poor fixation may be present.
 
Every youngster who visits the eye outpatient clinic must have a complete ocular and systemic examination. The evaluation of pupillary responses, ocular motility, and visual acuity should all be part of an eye exam. To design the surgical operation, a slit lamp examination is required to determine the size, density, and location of the opacity. A fundus examination is performed to check for disc and macula abnormalities and pigmentation. To determine if the cataract is congenital, developmental, or traumatic, the parents’ medical history is helpful.
 

Zia Muhammad

Department of Ophthalmology, Bacha Khan Medical College, Mardan, Pakistan

Motasim Billah

Department of Anatomy, Gajju Khan Medical College, Swabi, Pakistan

Zia Muhammad

Department of Ophthalmology Bacha Khan Medical College, Mardan

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