The Evolving Story of Aphakic and Pseudophakic Glaucoma after Cataract Surgery in Children: What’s New?

Miles Center for Pediatric Ophthalmology, Storm Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC. Supported in part by NIH grant EY-14793, an unrestricted grant to MUSC-SEI from Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc., New York, NY. and Grady Lyman Fund The authors have no financial or proprietary interest in any product mentioned herein. Glaucoma in the aphakic and pseudophakic eye is the third most common cause of glaucoma in children, coming after congenital and traumatic glaucoma. Our knowledge regarding its incidence, pathogenesis, risk factors associated with its development and best management options is still evolving. We present here a review of the literature that forms the bulk of knowledge of this currently inevitable complication to pediatric cataract surgery.