Morphology of pediatric cataract -- Visually insignificant cataract -- Hereditary cataract -- Metabolic cataract -- Persistent fetal vasculature -- Pre-existing posterior capsular defect -- Subluxated lens -- Spherophakia -- Traumatic cataract -- Uveitic and complicated cataract -- TORCH/ rubella cataract -- Anterior segment dysgenesis -- Cataract in buphthalmic eye -- Cataract associated with retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) -- Miscellaneous conditions with cataract (drug induced, radiation induced, albinism, aniridia) -- Role of investigative modalities in planning surgery -- Stepwise surgical treatment of pediatric cataract -- Visual axis opacification.

This book highlights various pediatric cataracts and their clinical presentations, along with a wealth of high-quality images collected over two decades. Offering a precise guide to illustrative interventions, it contains images collected pre-operatively, intra-operatively and post-operatively using slit lamp or microscope integrated cameras. The book covers congenital, developmental and traumatic cataracts, along with other rare morphologies. It presents selected challenging clinical situations, along with surgical management steps that draw on high-quality images. Separate chapters address recent advances in the field of pediatric cataracts, e.g. ultrasound biomicroscopy, lenticular abnormalities, intraoperative rhexis assistant, plasma blade/ diathermy, vascular cautery in cases of persistent fetal vasculature, operative room aberrometry, and optiwave refractive analysis. Given its scope, the book offers a valuable resource for practicing general and pediatric ophthalmologists, researchers and students alike. .