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  • Title: [Visual prognosis factors in congenital cataract].
    Author: Bencherifa F, Halhal M, Belmekki M, Benabdellah O, Sehsahi N, Berraho-Hammani A.
    Journal: J Fr Ophtalmol; 1998 Feb; 21(2):118-22. PubMed ID: 9759392.
    Abstract:
    PURPOSE: Study of different factors which can change the visual prognosis in congenital cataract. METHODS: One hundred seventy eyes of 100 children with congenital cataract are operated by extracapsular cataract extraction with limbic incision. Posterior rhexis and anterior vitrectomy were associated in children under 2 years. Implantation was used in 42%, contact lens in 8%. Other cases were corrected by glasses. The prognostic factors studied were: uni- or bilaterality, partial or complete aspect of cataract, age of apparition and management, and association with other malformations. RESULTS: Only 9 eyes out of 30 with unilateral congenital cataracts had visual acuity > or = 2/10; 44.4% of bilateral cataracts had visual acuity > or = 2/10; The best visual acuity was noted in progressive and partial cataract without associated malformations.
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