Background : A review of pediatric cataract cases operated between 2003 and March 2005 in the tribal belt of central India was out. Aim : We present the profile of cataract cases in ≤18 years and postoperative visual status in the eyes upon. and design : This was a retrospective medical retrieval type of cohort study in a hospital setting. Materials Methods : Pediatric ophthalmologists examined children and eyes with cataract. The personal profile, preoperative, and postoperative details were noted. The surgical included cataract extraction, intraocular lens implantation, capsulorrhaxis and anterior vitrectomy in most of the cases. evaluated the visual status of eyes with cataract before and 6 weeks surgery. analysis: We used univariate type of type of statistical analysis. Results: A total of 575 eyes 502 children had cataract. Cataract in 65 children was bilateral and 437 cases it was unilateral. Congenital cataracts were in 88 (17.5%) . Traumatic cataracts were noted in 170 (33.9%) eyes. The of cataract was higher in males than in females. Variation ′number of cataracts′ among different age groups was . Vision following surgery was more than 6/18 in 84 (16.4%) eyes. vision could not be assessed in 256 (44%) eyes. Conclusion: of child health care is needed for early detection of in children. Role of rubella and trauma in childhood cataract be investigated and addressed. Visual assessment and care should be further improved.
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Khandekar et al. (2007) studied this question.