Pediatric cataracts are an important cause of decreased vision in childhood, affecting 4 out of every 100 children by age 15. Managing pediatric cataracts presents an assortment of distinct challenges. Visual prognosis depends upon a multitude of factors, including etiology, surgical variables, and post-operative rehabilitation. Surgical timing and approach must be tailored for each child’s unique presentation. IOL selection or intentional aphakia are decisions that must be made with careful consideration to the child’s age, cataract morphology, and likelihood of visual rehabilitation. Due to ongoing ocular growth, achieving a targeted postoperative refraction is not guaranteed and the pediatric cataract surgeon must carefully adapt for each unique circumstance. In addition, parents and caregivers play an incredibly important role in vision outcomes. A thorough and candid discussion must take place to ensure everyone is actively engaged in the post-operative management of the aphakic or pseudophakic child. This text details the epidemiology of pediatric cataract surgery and IOL considerations and implantation. Sections that address pre-operative considerations and examinations, surgical steps and techniques for various pediatric cataract conditions will follow. The book closes with a case-based approach to special considerations in IOL implantation: including considerations in the uveaitic patient, placement without capsular support, and cataract surgery in the developing world. Providing thoughtful chapters that seek to expand on the currently available literature without redundancy makes this book a solid companion piece to any other text discussing pediatric cataracts. Each chapter includes an introduction and then primary discussion. For many chapters the contributing authors have offered a case example for discussion, including countering viewpoints, serving to illustrate the complexity of the management of pediatric lens opacities. The target audience for Pediatric Cataract Surgery and IOL Implantation: A Case Based Guide will already have some familiarity with pediatric cataracts and their surgical management, either as a comprehensive or primarily adult cataract surgeon who desires more knowledge of the complexities of the pediatric population, or as a pediatric ophthalmologist with similar goals. Residents and fellows with particular interest in this topic will likely find the book of appropriate level and the case-based approach very learner friendly. Ancillary readers may include a parent or supportive caregiver to a child with cataract who seeks a more sophisticated understanding of the care plan. weiterlesen