This study features 12eyes of 12 children between 5 and 12years who had surgery for traumatic
cataract utilizing the new banded technique. Sixteen percent of eyes had penetrating injuries and had
previous surgery to repair the cornea. All preoperative Visual acuity were less than 6/60 vision in the
affected eye. Average interval between injury and cataract extraction with IOL implantation was 5.2
days. Ten out of 12eyes (84.6%) achieved vision better than 6/18 in the first 6weeks and 100% by
3months with normal IOPs, IOL stability with no cases of pupil capture. One eye experienced PCO by
3months postoperatively.