Traumatic cataract: what, when, how

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In the current issue of Graefe’s Archive (see page …), Drs. Rumelt and Rehany discuss some very important questions related to the timing of the removal of a traumatic cataract and implantation of an intraocular lens (IOL); they also touch upon the technique of cataract removal. According to the database of the world’s largest collection of serious eye injuries with over 17,000 cases (United States Eye Injury Registry [USEIR], the surveillance arm of the American Society of Ocular Trauma), almost half of serious injuries involve lens damage [1]. The issue of how best to manage the patient with such trauma is therefore not a matter of concern for the individual only, but one with significant implications for society. The authors thus deserve a lot of credit for calling our attention to the topic, which otherwise receives surprisingly little attention in the literature. …