Corneal Changes in Children after Unilateral Cataract Surgery in the Infant Aphakia Treatment Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We report endothelial cell (EC) characteristics and central corneal thickness (CCT) from the Infant Aphakia Treatment Study (IATS) patients at the 5-year examination.

Design

Randomized, controlled trial of the treatment of unilateral cataract with aphakic contact lens (CL) versus primary intraocular lens (IOL) implant.

Participants

A total of 114 infants with unilateral cataract.

Methods

The EC density, coefficient of variation (CV), and percent hexagonal cells were measured by noncontact specular microscopy. The CCT was measured using contact pachymetry. Fellow eyes served as controls.

Main outcome measures

Mean differences between treated and fellow eyes of CL and IOL groups were compared with a paired t test. A 1-way analysis of variance model

SUBMITTER: Morrison DG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4624013 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature