Presentation, surgery and 1-year outcomes of childhood cataract surgery in Tanzania.

CONCLUSION: Three-quarters of children were blind preoperatively whereas over half had good vision 1-year postoperatively. Preoperative blindness, nystagmus/strabismus and aphakia predicted poor visual outcome, suggesting that cataract density determines density of amblyopia.
PMID: 32522793 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The British Journal of Ophthalmology - June 9, 2020 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Mndeme FG, Mmbaga BT, Msina M, Mwende J, Vaitha SJ, Kim MJ, Macleod D, Burton MJ, Gilbert CE, Bowman R Tags: Br J Ophthalmol Source Type: research