Abstract
Management of congenital or infantile cataracts benefited from progresses realized in adult surgery. It stays however specific to children's eyes and is incorporated in a global therapeutic strategy. It must be guided by a pediatric ophthalmogical team used to this kind of treatment. We report here, function of the type of cataract, uni or bilateral, congenital or infantile, the choice of the timing of surgery, of the therapeutic strategy, parental information, and preoperative evaluation. The actual standard of surgery is bimanual phacoaspiration with posterior capsulorhexis and anterior vitrectomy. It is described step by step. Indication of lens implantation, choice of the type and power of IOL function of age of the child is described, be it for initial or secondary lens implantation.
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