Primary Versus Secondary Intra-Ocular Lens Implantation In Pediatric Cataract

The aim of this work is to evaluate surgical techniques, difficulties,complications and visual outcome in primary versus secondary intra-ocular lensimplantation for pediatric cataracts.Pediatrics cataract blindness presents an enormous problem todeveloping countries in terms of human morbidity, economic loss, and socialburden. Managing cataracts in children remains a challenge: treatment isoften difficult, tedious, and requires a dedicated team effort. To assure thebest long term outcome for cataract blind children, appropriate paediatricsurgical techniques need to be defined and adopted by ophthalmic surgeons ofdeveloping countries. The high cost of operative equipment and the unevenworld distribution of ophthalmologists, pediatricians, and anesthetists createunique challenges.