[Unilateral pediatric cataract surgery].

PURPOSE To analyze the results in a series of children submitted to unilateral cataract surgery. METHODS A retrospective study was conducted through the analysis of 35 patient files from the Congenital Cataract Service of UNIFESP/EPM. RESULTS The main cause of unilateral cataract was idiopathic, the second cause was ocular trauma and the third cause was congenital rubella. Initial visual acuity was very poor in 51.4% of the cases (did not fix or follow), and the best corrected final visual acuity was better than 20/200 in 42.8% of the eyes. DISCUSSION Although controversial, the surgical treatment of unilateral cataract, in this study, showed improvement in many cases.