The outcome of congenital cataract surgery in Kuwait.

Aim: Congenital cataract is the most common cause of treatable blindness in children and the outcome of congenital cataract surgery has not been studied in Kuwait, so the purpose of this study is to evaluate the visual outcome and the postoperative complications.

Methods: Medical records of children who underwent congenital cataract surgery between September 2000 and December 2008 at Al-Bahar Eye Center, Ministry of Health of Kuwait were retrospectively reviewed. In 100 eyes that fill the inclusion criteria visual acuity and postoperative complications were recorded.

Cataract and ocular hypertension in children on inhaled corticosteroid therapy.

Purpose: To ascertain the incidence of posterior subcapsular cataract and ocular hypertension in a cohort of children < or = 12 years on inhaled steroid therapy.

Patients And Methods: In this prospective study, a detailed history regarding corticosteroid therapy was obtained for children attending an asthma clinic. The presence and type of lens changes (cataract) was recorded and intraocular pressure (IOP) was measured.