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Parents of infants presenting with a unilateral congenital cataract are likely to be exceptionally anxious and wondering about the possible visual outcome for their child. The purpose of the present analysis was to evaluate the extent to which baseline characteristics observable at the time of initial cataract surgery might allow the clinician to provide the family with realistic expectations. Of the attributes we considered, age at time of surgery and the availability of private insurance were the only two that showed an association with recognition visual acuity at age 4.5 years. Ultimately, it was only the presence of private insurance that yielded a significant contribution to a multiple regression model of the data.
The rehabilitation process for an infant with a congenital unilateral cataract is time-consuming and difficult for both the clinician and the family. Nonetheless, the frequency of good visual outcomes can justify the efforts involved.
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Hartmann, E.E. (2017). Baseline Predictors of Visual Outcome. In: Lloyd, I., Lambert, S. (eds) Congenital Cataract. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27848-3_5
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