15th August 2017:

Doctor, we know that there is a latent period during which visual deprivation has no lasting effect on the vision of the deprived eye. After this latent period is over, the danger of permanent irreversible vision loss looms on the child. This week let’s look up the critical period after which parents should not delay pediatric cataract treatment any further. 

The ideal age to operate a Cataract is 6 weeks.

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