Best of 2025: Surgical timing and long-term considerations in pediatric cataract care
Our most-read pediatric cataract coverage of 2025 highlights the nuanced decision-making required in caring for young patients. From expert guidance on postoperative suture management to meeting insights on surgical challenges in children with developmental delays and long-term data on refractive outcomes after early surgery, these articles underscore the importance of individualized, age-conscious approaches to pediatric cataract management.
When to remove sutures after pediatric cataract surgery?
Parul Chawla Gupta, MS, MBBS, of the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in India, spoke with Ophthalmology 360 at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Annual Meeting about the most optimal time to remove sutures after surgery in pediatric patients with cataracts.
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AAPOS 2025: Study assesses outcomes and offers management recommendations for the treatment of cataracts in pediatric patients with developmental delays
The American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Annual Meeting recently took place in Salt Lake City, Utah. Yoav Glidai, MD, of Boston Children’s Hospital, spoke with Ophthalmology 360 about a study he presented at the meeting, titled “Challenges and Outcomes in Surgical Management of Cataract in Patients with Developmental Delays.”
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Early pediatric cataract surgery linked to greater long-term refractive changes
A long-term study following children for an average of 15 years found that those operated on at younger ages experienced markedly greater myopic shifts and anisometropia than those treated later, highlighting the lasting refractive consequences of early pediatric cataract surgery.
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