Background/aims To characterise longitudinal refractive changes from the early postoperative period through long-term ...

Caregivers experienced with contact lenses for aphakic eyes often welcome the option of high-plus lenses as an alternative to patching. Thickness and rigidity of both high-plus silicone elastomer and ...

Refractive correction of aphakia in childhood can be a complex management issue following lensectomy for congenital cataract or ectopia lentis. Some children have inadequate capsular support to allow ...

After his pediatrician found an abnormal red reflex in his eyes, baby Kash Kennamer was referred to an ophthalmologist who diagnosed the infant with aphakia. Then at four months old, Kash underwent ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Microcornea often presents with a cataract, sometimes in childhood because of syndromic associations and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . One of every 200 cataract operations in a long-term Swedish study ended in postoperative aphakia, researchers ...

Kash was diagnosed with congenital cataracts at one month old. After having cataract surgery with Anne Marie Arciniegas-Bernal, M.D., at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Callahan Eye Hospital, ...

Children who undergo cataract surgery as infants have a 22% risk of glaucoma 10 years later, whether or not they receive an intraocular lens implant. The findings come from the National Eye Institute ...

The Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group collected data on children who had lensectomy prior to age 13 years in a 5-year span. Cataract surgery led to glaucoma-related adverse events (AEs) in ...

The present study was approved by Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Institutional Review Board and conformed to the requirements of the United States Health Insurance Portability and ...

Children who undergo cataract surgery as infants have a 22% risk of glaucoma 10 years later, whether or not they receive an intraocular lens implant. Children who undergo cataract surgery as infants ...