1/2. adult amblyopia reversed by contralateral cataract formation.Two adult patients are presented whose childhood amblyopia improved markedly when the sound eye became cataractous. In each case, the amblyopic eye became the preferred eye for fixation, allowing each patient to temporarily delay cataract surgery. Most remarkably, the acuity improvement has been sustained for greater than 2 years in each patient after full visual rehabilitation of the sound eye by cataract extraction.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = extraction (Clic here for more details about this article) |
2/2. cataract extraction and intraocular lens implantation in an infant with a monocular congenital cataract.A cataract extraction and primary capsulotomy with intraocular lens (IOL) implantation was performed on a 17-day-old infant with a monocular mature congenital cataract. The IOL power, calculated at the time of surgery, was undercorrected to compensate for the growth of the eyeball. Two additional surgical procedures were required to resolve visual axis obstruction caused by lens epithelial cell proliferation. Follow-up was 18 months, during which amblyopia prevention therapy was instituted.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 5keywords = extraction (Clic here for more details about this article) |