A rare operation of Cataract for a Two month old child was performed at The Eye Foundation, D.B.Road, Coimbatore, by Dr.D.Ramamurthy. Ms.Kavitha (names have been changed for privacy reason), the mother of the child was happy that the right eye of the child is successfully operated. The other eye would be operated after a week. It seems that the child’s father and her grandmother had the same problem in their childhood. Since this congenital cataract has an hereditary b
asis the same was suspected in this new born child too. After a thorough examination the baby was found to have the same problem. Hence the mother of the child Ms.Kavitha, her mother and mother-in-law prevailed upon the elders in the family to get the operation done for the two month old baby, yet to be named.
“Statistics shows that one in 12,000 children, cataract of this type is often manifest. Even a normal new born is born with very poor vision and vision slowly develops over a period of time as the child starts seeing things around it. If vision is impaired at this age the eye becomes functionally weak and even an operation at later stage does not restore vision. Thus early surgery is very important to help the vision develop normally. If delayed there is a chance for lazy eye or loss of vision.
If the child had been above one year of age an Intraocular Lens would have been implanted at the time of primary surgery itself. As this child is just two months old and implanting a lens at this stage would impair the growth of this very small eye, the intraocular lens will be implanted after about an year in both the eyes.” says Dr. D. Ramamurthy, Chairman of The Eye Foundation, who performed this surgery successfully. The baby’s mother and grandmothers were beaming with smile, as they have found the excellent facilities in The Eye Foundation for such an operation, for their loving baby. It was the determination of these ladies that resulted in saving the vision of the new born.
asis the same was suspected in this new born child too. After a thorough examination the baby was found to have the same problem. Hence the mother of the child Ms.Kavitha, her mother and mother-in-law prevailed upon the elders in the family to get the operation done for the two month old baby, yet to be named.“Statistics shows that one in 12,000 children, cataract of this type is often manifest. Even a normal new born is born with very poor vision and vision slowly develops over a period of time as the child starts seeing things around it. If vision is impaired at this age the eye becomes functionally weak and even an operation at later stage does not restore vision. Thus early surgery is very important to help the vision develop normally. If delayed there is a chance for lazy eye or loss of vision.
If the child had been above one year of age an Intraocular Lens would have been implanted at the time of primary surgery itself. As this child is just two months old and implanting a lens at this stage would impair the growth of this very small eye, the intraocular lens will be implanted after about an year in both the eyes.” says Dr. D. Ramamurthy, Chairman of The Eye Foundation, who performed this surgery successfully. The baby’s mother and grandmothers were beaming with smile, as they have found the excellent facilities in The Eye Foundation for such an operation, for their loving baby. It was the determination of these ladies that resulted in saving the vision of the new born.
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