The father of Tran Van Giap, a nine year old child who had a trauma related cataract, indicates his son's cataract before the operation. Although approximately 150,000 new cataracts were detected in people during 1994, only about 10,000 Intra Ocular Lens (IOL) implants (less than 10%) were carried out that year.

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