Pediatric cataract - Evaluation and management

Abstract

Management of pediatric cataracts remains a challenge. Increased intraoperative difficulties, low scleral rigidity, high vitreous pressure, propensity for increased postoperative inflammation, changing refractive state of the eye, very high incidence of visual axis opacification, and a tendency to develop amblyopia, all add to the difficulty in achieving a good visual outcome in a pediatric patient. This article focuses on the major aspects in the management of pediatric cataract and the literature.