Treatment of congenital cataract is –: (A) Needing and aspiration, (B) Intracapsular extraction, (C) Extracapsular extraction, (D) Cryotherapy
Answer is C. Extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE) with primary posterior capsulectomy and anterior vitrectomy is the procedure of choice (via limbal or pars plana approach). This is done by phacoemulsification.
The needling operation (which was performed in the past) is now obsolete.