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This study was conducted in a tertiary eye care hospital and involved an online questionnaire survey for practicing pediatric ophthalmologists in India.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A questionnaire was devised by the authors, which included the various options available for the management of lens anomalies in children. The questionnaire was sent to each of them using an online portal. Commercial software (Stata ver. 13.1; StataCorp, College Station, TX, USA) was used for statistical analysis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In unilateral cataracts in children aged &lt;6 months, 85.42% of surgeons did not prefer to insert an intraocular lens (IOL). In the age group of 6\u201312 months, almost half of them preferred to insert an IOL. In the age group of 12\u201324 months and &gt;24 months, 92.63% and 88.54%, respectively, preferred to insert an IOL. In bilateral cataracts, in children aged &lt;6 months, 91.84% of surgeons did not prefer to insert an IOL, whereas in the age group of 6\u201312 months, 69.39% did not prefer to insert an IOL. In the age group of 12\u201324 months and &gt;24 months, 80.61% and 90.82%, respectively, preferred to insert an IOL. 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