The Infant Aphakia Treatment Study: evaluation of cataract morphology in eyes with monocular cataracts.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To describe a video-documented assessment of cataract type in the eyes of patients with monocular infantile cataract who were enrolled in the Infant Aphakia Treatment Study.

Methods

The Infant Aphakia Treatment Study is a randomized clinical trial in which the investigators compared intraocular lens (IOL) versus contact lens correction in 114 infants, aged 28 days to <7 months. A total of 83 videos were available for morphological analysis of cataract. Three examiners reviewed all surgical recordings and agreed on the cataract characteristics by using a score sheet to record the lens layer or configuration of the opacity.

Results

Nuclear cataract was present in 45 of 83 eyes (54%). Posterior capsule plaque was observed in 73 eyes (88%). All eyes with fetal nuc

SUBMITTER: Wilson ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3345197 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature