Long-term strabismus outcomes after unilateral infantile cataract surgery in the Infant Aphakia Treatment Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To characterize long-term strabismus outcomes in children in the Infant Aphakia Treatment Study (IATS).

Methods

This study was a secondary data analysis of long-term ocular alignment characteristics of children aged 10.5 years who had previously been enrolled in a randomized clinical trial evaluating aphakic management after unilateral cataract surgery between 1 and 6 months of age.

Results

In the IATS study, 96 of 109 children (88%) developed strabismus through age 10.5 years. Half of the 20 children who were orthophoric at distance through age 5 years maintained orthophoria at distance fixation at 10.5 years. Esotropia was the most common type of strabismus prior to age 5 years (56/109 [51%]), whereas exotropia (49/109 [45%]) was the most common type of stra

SUBMITTER: Bothun ED 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10151123 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature