Etiologic Spectrum and Surgical Epidemiology of Pediatric Cataracts in Kazakhstan: A Three-Year Retrospective Study from Two Tertiary Eye-Care Centers
Kairat Ruslanuly, Lukpan Orazbekov, Ardak Auyezova, Neilya Aldasheva, Elmira Kanafyanova, Botagoz Issergepova, Aigerim Tuletova, Gulnaz Kassymbekova, Aibek Kurakbay, Zhansaya Sultanbayeva, Raushan Bakhytbek, Asiya Beysebayeva, Akio Oishi, Dilyara Abessova · 2026
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Kairat Ruslanuly and colleagues describe in 2026 what kinds of cataracts bring Kazakh children to surgery, using three years of records from two national eye centres. Their retrospective cohort included every child aged seventeen or younger operated on in Astana and Almaty between 2022 and 2024, totalling 528 children and 782 eyes. Causes were grouped as congenital, traumatic, lens displacement, or complicated by other disease.
Congenital cataract dominated, accounting for 78 percent of children and over half of them affected in both eyes. Trauma caused 12.9 percent of cases, always in one eye and mostly in boys, who made up 77.9 percent of that group. The middle age at surgery was 6.5 years across the cohort. The authors show how cause patterns shift with age, sex, and one-sided versus two-sided disease.
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| CREATOR | Kairat Ruslanuly, Lukpan Orazbekov, Ardak Auyezova, Neilya Aldasheva, Elmira Kanafyanova, Botagoz Issergepova, Aigerim Tuletova, Gulnaz Kassymbekova, Aibek Kurakbay, Zhansaya Sultanbayeva, Raushan Bakhytbek, Asiya Beysebayeva, Akio Oishi, Dilyara Abessova |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 24175 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |