SURGERY ON CONGENITAL CATARACT

ScienceDirect - Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus : Is There a Latent Period for the Surgical Treatment of Children With Dense Bilateral Congenital Cataracts?

This paper concludes:

"Previous reports have proposed that cataract surgery during the first 5 to 8
weeks of life is associated with better visual outcomes in children with dense
bilateral congenital cataracts. Our results would suggest that good visual
outcomes can be achieved beyond this age, but the incidence of poor visual
outcomes increases if cataract surgery is delayed beyond 10 weeks of age. The
absence of preoperative nystagmus is a better predictor of a good visual outcome
than the age at surgery."