OBJECTIVE: The privation ambliopia is the worst type of all. Among these, the most common cause is congenital cataract.The purpose of this study is to evaluate the visual function of children who had surgery between July 2006 and June 2008 for pediatric cataract. METHODS: All children were above 4 years old and had surgery at advanced age.We evaluated 6 children and submitted them to visual acuity, extrinsic ocular movement,Titmus and Worth lights tests. RESULTS: The mean age at the time of diagnosis was 5,58 years old and at the first surgery was 8,83 years old. Fifty and 67% of children achieved post operative visual acuity above 0,4 in right and left eyes, respectively. Just one (16,7%) child did not achieve stereopsy and fusion on the sensorial function tests.The others presented fusion on Worth light test. At Titmus test, 2(33,3%) showed gross stereopsy and 3(50%) good. There was statistically significant difference between pre and post visual acuity. CONCLUSION: Therefore, in this study, children with congenital or pediatric cataract whith late development showed a good visual prognosis after surgery using intraocular implans lens, even at advanced age.
Cataract; Depth perception; Visual acuity
