Restoration of Severely Impaired Eyesight in an Adolescent with Down Syndrome and Bilateral Cataract in South Asia
| Autor: | Albrecht Hennig, Carl-Ludwig Schönfeld |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Down syndrome
Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Low- and middle-income countries South asia business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Phacoemulsification medicine.disease Cataract Ophthalmology lcsh:Ophthalmology lcsh:RE1-994 Low and middle income countries Visual function Medicine Optometry Published online: October 2013 International cooperation business |
| Zdroj: | Case Reports in Ophthalmology Case Reports in Ophthalmology, Vol 4, Iss 3, Pp 184-187 (2013) |
| ISSN: | 1663-2699 |
| DOI: | 10.1159/000356124 |
| Popis: | Purpose: To report the recovery of visual function after phacoemulsification in a 16-year-old adolescent with Down syndrome (DS) from Saharsa, India. Methods: Interventional case report and short review of the pertinent literature. Results: A 16-year-old South Asian male with DS and bilateral cataract underwent successful surgery in both eyes after considerable difficulty for his parents including cross-border travel from India into Nepal. After the operation, the patient responded to visual stimuli (e.g. movement of hands) that had eluded him prior to surgery, and thus the additional obstacle to social participation imposed by the impaired eyesight could be removed. Conclusions: The establishment of basic ophthalmological surgery in developing countries is feasible and can yield extraordinary benefits for individual patients. |
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