There is little information about the epidemiology of congenital eye anomalies in Ghana. We retrospectively reviewed the clinical records of 485 admissions to the paediatric eye centre of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana (2004-2009) and 263 were diagnosed with at least one anomaly. Visual acuity was quantitatively assessed in 209 patients and 130 had some visual impairment; 49 with bilater...

BACKGROUND Aphakic glaucoma is a common complication after congenital cataract extraction, especially in those who have surgery during infancy. This case report describes a case of bilateral pupillary block glaucoma diagnosed with intraoperative ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM) after removal of congenital cataract. CASE PRESENTATION We present a case report of a 9-month-old infant with bilatera...

The occurrence and development of cataract affect the decline of visual, working and living comfort. Cataract is the leading cause of blindness, accounting for 50% of blindness worldwide [1]. Cataract is progressive lens opacity in humans of 45 years or more, occurring without any known cause such as trauma, inflammation, hypocalcemia, medications or congenital factors. Risk factors for the occ...

Past Ocular History  Congenital cataracts OU  Chronic angle closure glaucoma OS  Anophthalmos OD  Pseudophakia OS Ocular surgery OD  Needling of congenital cataract 1938  Enucleation 1954  Secondary orbital implant 4/2011 Ocular surgery OS  Needling of congenital cataract 1938  DSAEK/Phaco/Intraocular lens x 2/Anterior vitrectomy 2/2007  Ahmed valve Seton model FP-7 with scleral patch...

A concise discussion of the various operative procedures for extraction of cataract is reproduced verbatim, occupying twelve pages, from " A Text-book of Ophthalmology," by John W. Wright, m.d., of Columbus, Ohio, 1896. Dr. Wright first published an account of his operation for removal of the lens in its capsule in 1881, and practised it for thirty years. In many respects it is extraordinarily ...

Congenital cataract surgery is a complex issue best left to surgeons who are familiar with its long-term complications and lengthy follow-up. Treatment is often difficult and tedious and requires a dedicated team effort, the most important members being parents. At one point, lensectomy was the standard treatment used in such cases. However, in recent times, small incisions, anterior capsulorhe...

PURPOSE To determine the incidence and cumulative risk of childhood cataract in Denmark during 1980 to 2000. METHODS A cohort of 2,616,439 Danish children born between 1962 and 2000 was followed from 1980 or from the day of birth, whichever occurred later, until their 18th birthday, death, emigration, or diagnosis of cataract, whichever occurred first. Cases were ascertained from the Danish N...

PURPOSE To establish the frequency of infantile cataract in the Low Vision Service of São Geraldo Hospital (HSG-HCUFMG) and to analyze basis of history, ophthalmologic examination and optical prescription in these patients. METHODS Retrospective study of infantile cataract recorded in the Low Vision Service from January/1992 to December/2002. Age, sex, race, age at the first evidence of leuko...

PURPOSE To further unravel the molecular genetic background for the association congenital cataract-microcornea (CCMC). METHODS DNA variation was pointed out by direct DNA sequencing of 13 lens-expressed cataract genes from three CCMC families and one isolated case. The mutation screening included seven crystalline genes, two gap junction protein genes, and four lens expressed regulatory gene...

The aim of the study was to determine the average axial length reading of the bilateral pediatric cataract undergoing cataract surgery. Pre-operative axial length measurement was done in 80 children below 15 years who had bilateral pediatric cataract. Axial length measurement was done in 56 fellow eyes. The axial length was measured under general anesthesia with the Accutome A-scan. The mean ag...