HONOLULU — Primary IOL implantation to treat and manage cataract in children younger than 1 year of age should be considered, according to Emi Sanders and William F. Astle, MD, FRCSC, who presented a poster on the topic at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting here.
“Bilateral and unilateral cataracts in infants under 12 months of age require early treatment in order to prevent permanent loss of vision and amblyopia,” the authors wrote.
In the retrospective chart review, 54 eyes of 39 patients who underwent primary IOL (Read more...)
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