Dr.Ashit Hasmukhlal Shah, Dr.Shreya Shah, Dr.RAUNAQ KHANNA, Dr.PARTH RANA
Childhood blindness is a priority area for VISION 2020 as it’s an important cause (3%) of avoidable blindness worldwide.
Aim-presentingclinical features,surgical complications during surgical procedure adopted in delayed presentation of NEGLECTED PEDIARTIC CATARACTS.
Method- Interventional Video based case series from a tertiary tribal eye care centreshowing pre-& post-operative details & surgical aspects in neglected Pediatric cataracts. Pediatric cataract presents with various morphology in remote areas due to unawareness& delayed presentation. Such cataracts undergo degenerative changes in lens. Management of such neglected cataracts remains a challenge. In this video, we discuss various clinical presentation, surgical procedure by anterior and posteriorapproach, mainemphasis on challenges faced &tackling such complication during surgery.
Conclusion: Though Surgery for cataracts with delayed presentation put some challenges, but helps to regain functional vision.
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