Surgery In general, the younger the child, the greater the urgency in removing the cataract, because of the risk of amblyopia. For optimal visual development in newborns and young infants, a visually significant unilateral<unk>  should be detected and removed before age 6 weeks, and visually significant bilateral<unk> s should be removed before age 10 weeks. Some<unk> s are too small to affect vision, therefore no surgery or treatment will be done. If they are superficial and small, an ophthalmologist will continue to monitor them throughout a patient's life. Commonly, a patient with small<unk> s that do not affect vision will eventually be affected later in life; generally this will take decades to occur.
Congenital cataract
Childhood cataract
Corneal dystrophy
Macular corneal dystrophy
Motion-induced blindness
Cystic eyeball
Granular corneal dystrophy
Fundic gland polyposis