Cost of screening and timely treatment versus the comprehensive management of the severe visual impairment due to retinopathy of premature.

Unlabelled: Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is one of the leading causes of preventable blindness worldwide. In Guatemala, a large number of premature infants are born in hospitals outside the capital city and present for evaluation at advanced stages of the disease.

Objective: To compare the cost of screening and timely treatment versus the total cost of comprehensive management of patients with visual impairment secondary to ROP.

[Characterization of congenital cataract and postoperative visual outcome in a Pediatric Ophthalmology Unit in a middle-income country].

Unlabelled: The functional visual outcome after cataract surgery is influenced by several factors such as the age at diagnosis and surgical treatment, as well as visual rehabilitation.

Objective: to characterize con genital cataract patients and assess the postoperative visual outcome in an ophthalmological care center in Guatemala.

Patients And Method: A cross-sectional retrospective study.

Traumatic cataract surgery in pediatric patients. Experience in a site.

Ocular trauma is a signifcant problem worldwide. The objective of this study was to determine the characteristics of patients younger than 14 years who underwent traumatic cataract surgery at the Unit of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Strabismus and Neuro-Ophthalmology "Dra. Ana María Illescas Putzeys" of Hospital de Ojos y Oídos "Dr.

Straatsma syndrome: Satisfactory amblyopia treatment. Report of two cases.

Clinical Cases: The cases are presented on 2 female patients with Straatsma syndrome, with satisfactory treatment of amblyopia.

Discussion: The level of anisometropia and myelination of retinal nerve fibres were different in these two patients. However, both achieved 0.