Pediatric Cataract Surgery covers all details of pediatric cataracts and surgical techniques to treat and prevent visual impairment.

Features:

• Thorough review of topic, including patient work-up, diagnosis, surgical techniques, and potential complications
• Numerous tables, line diagrams, and high-quality photographs clarify concepts

Contents

Characteristics of Cataracts in Children

• Embryology and Anatomy of the Human Crystalline Lens
• Etiology and Morphology of Pediatric Cataracts
• Genetics of Congenital Cataracts
• Epidemiology of Pediatric Cataracts and Associated Blindness

Preoperative Workup

• Evaluation of Visually Significant Cataracts
• Informed Consent
• Intraocular Lens Power Calculation for Children

Cataract Surgery in Children

• Historical Overview
• Planning Pediatric Cataract Surgery: Diverse Issues
• Anesthetic Management of the Pediatric Patient with Cataracts
• Principles of Incision Construction in Pediatric Cataract Surgery
• Ophthalmic Viscosurgical Devices
• Anterior Capsule Management
• Multiquadrant Hydrodissection
• Lens Substance Aspiration
• Posterior Capsulotomy and Anterior Vitrectomy for the Management of Pediatric Cataracts
• Dye-Enhanced Pediatric Cataract Surgery
• Applications of the Fugo Blade
• Lensectomy and Anterior Vitrectomy When an Intraocular Lens Is Not Being Implanted
• Postoperative Medications and Follow-up

Lens Implantation in Children

• Posterior Chamber Lens Implants: Currently Available Lens Designs and Future Application
• Intraocular Lens Types and Sizes for Pediatric Cataract Surgery
• Primary Intraocular Lens Implantation in Infantile Cataract Surgery
• AcrySof Intraocular Lens Implantation in Eyes with Pediatric Cataracts
• The Iris-Claw Lens (Artisan)
• Role of Optic Capture in Pediatric Cataract-Intraocular Lens Surgery
• Polypseudophakia
• Transscleral Suture Fixation of Posterior Chamber Intraocular Lenses
• Secondary Intraocular Lens Implantation

Anatomical Anomalies That May Complicate Cataract Surgery

• Cataracts Associated with Type I Diabetes Mellitus
• Persistent Fetal Vasculature
• Cataract Surgery in Eyes with Retinopathy of Prematurity
• Cataract Surgery in Eyes Treated for Retinoblastoma
• Preexisting Posterior Capsule Defects
• Anterior Lenticonus in Alport Syndrome
• Aniridia and Cataracts
• Lowe Syndrome
• Dislocated Crystalline Lenses
• Pediatric Cataracts Surgery in Eyes with Uveitis

Intraoperative Complications and Postoperative Sequelae

• Intraoperative Complications of Pediatric Cataract-Intraocular Lens Surgery and Their Management
• Postoperative Complications of Pediatric Cataract-Intraocular Lens Surgery and Their Management
• Growth of Aphakic and Pseudophakic Eyes
• Opacification of the Ocular Media
• Postoperative Glaucoma
• Strabismus in Pediatric Aphakia and Pseudophakia
• Cystoid Macular Edema
• Retinal Detachment

Functional Issues

• Management of Residual Refractive Error After Intraocular Lens Implantation
• Aphakia
• Assessment of Visual Functions (Acuity, Contrast Sensitivity) and Amblyopia Management

Refractive Surgery

• Phakic Intraocular Lenses in Children
• Pediatric Refractive Surgery

Miscellaneous Issues and Views

• Traumatic Cataracts in Children
• Pediatric Cataracts in Developing-World Settings
• Pediatric Cataract Surgery and Intraocular Lens Implantation: Practice Styles and Preferences of the 2001 ASCRS and AAPOS Membership
• Step-by-Step Appraoch for Management of Pediatric Cataracts
• My Preferred Approach

Index

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