Background: Pediatric cataract is a significant cause of childhood blindness. The demography and morphology of cataracts can be helpful in establishing the etiology, surgical outcome and visual prognosis. Patients and methods: This was a retrospective study conducted on children diagnosed as pediatric cataract attending Mansoura Ophthalmic Center, Mansoura University, Egypt within the period from January 2016 till January 2021. The study Included all children (≤18 years) diagnosed with cataract, and underwent cataract extraction with or without IOL implantation. Records were reviewed for epidemiological, clinical and surgical data. Results: Records of 160 eyes (of 124 patient) were reviewed. Mean age was 7.6 years, and ranged from 2 months to 17 years, (65.3%) were male (34.7%) female. Most of cases were free of nystagmus or strabismus. Among all studied cases, 41.3% of cases had congenital cataract, 53.1% had traumatic cataract. Among all studied congenital cataract cases., 30.3% had total cataract, 15.1% had Anterior polar cataract, 13.6% had Posterior polar cataract, 12.1% had Lamellar cataract, 9.0% had nuclear cataract, 7.5% had blue dot cataract, and 9.0% had Nuclear and posterior subcapsular cataract. All studied cases were subjected to surgical approaches, anterior approach was the most used approach, most of cases were associated with IOL implantation. Conclusion: Pediatric cataract cases in our locality represent a common and challenging aspect. Traumatic cataract was the most common followed by congenital cataract. Anterior surgical approach was the most common used management.
ALAJAMI, R., El-Hefney Atta, E. M., Gaafar, W., & Abd Elfattah, D. (2023). Pediatric cataract profile in Mansoura Ophthalmic Center, Dakahlia, Egypt. Egyptian Journal of Ophthalmology, (Mansoura Ophthalmic Center), 3(2), 93-105. doi: 10.21608/ejomos.2022.156615.1062
MLA
RAHAF ALAJAMI; Eman Mohamad El-Hefney Atta; Walid Gaafar; Dina Abd Elfattah. "Pediatric cataract profile in Mansoura Ophthalmic Center, Dakahlia, Egypt". Egyptian Journal of Ophthalmology, (Mansoura Ophthalmic Center), 3, 2, 2023, 93-105. doi: 10.21608/ejomos.2022.156615.1062
HARVARD
ALAJAMI, R., El-Hefney Atta, E. M., Gaafar, W., Abd Elfattah, D. (2023). 'Pediatric cataract profile in Mansoura Ophthalmic Center, Dakahlia, Egypt', Egyptian Journal of Ophthalmology, (Mansoura Ophthalmic Center), 3(2), pp. 93-105. doi: 10.21608/ejomos.2022.156615.1062
VANCOUVER
ALAJAMI, R., El-Hefney Atta, E. M., Gaafar, W., Abd Elfattah, D. Pediatric cataract profile in Mansoura Ophthalmic Center, Dakahlia, Egypt. Egyptian Journal of Ophthalmology, (Mansoura Ophthalmic Center), 2023; 3(2): 93-105. doi: 10.21608/ejomos.2022.156615.1062