PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - S Hing
AU  - L Speedwell
AU  - D Taylor
TI  - Lens surgery in infancy and childhood.
AID  - 10.1136/bjo.74.2.73
DP  - 1990 Feb 01
TA  - British Journal of Ophthalmology
PG  - 73--77
VI  - 74
IP  - 2
4099  - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/74/2/73.short
4100  - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/74/2/73.full
SO  - Br J Ophthalmol1990 Feb 01; 74
AB  - The medical records of 224 children who had lens surgery performed at the Hospital for Sick Children during the 10-year period 1978-88 were reviewed. There were 12 children with ectopia lentis; these patients achieved a mean postoperative acuity of 0.68 (6/8.8), and no operative or postoperative complications were noted. Two hundred and twelve children had lens surgery for cataracts or for retrolental abnormalities with a clear lens. Children with bilateral congenital cataracts achieved a mean acuity in the better eye of 0.32 (6/18). In a series of carefully controlled unilateral congenital cataracts the visual results were poor. The postoperative complication rate for cataract and clear lens surgery was 4.6%. Because visual results are probably better with early surgery we emphasise that every newborn baby should be tested for media opacities.