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¹M.D. Asistant, Başkent University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara/TURKEY
²M.D. Asistant Professor, Başkent University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara/TURKEY Pediatric cataracts emerge as an important issue in pediatric ophthalmology practice since they are the most frequent cause of preventable childhood blindness. Pediatric cataracts offer many difficulties from diagnosis till treatment and the physician must be vigilant and systematic. In our review, we tried to present an approach for the diagnosis, surgery and postoperative rehabilitation of this controversial issue. Keywords : Pediatric cataract, pediatric cataract surgery, optical rehabilitation