Myopic Shift 5 Years after Intraocular Lens Implantation in the Infant Aphakia Treatment Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To report the myopic shift at 5 years of age after cataract surgery with intraocular lens (IOL) implantation for infants enrolled in the Infant Aphakia Treatment Study (IATS).

Methods

Refractions were performed at 1 month and every 3 months postoperatively until age 4 years and then at ages 4.25, 4.5, and 5 years. The change in refraction over time was estimated by linear mixed model analysis.

Results

Intraocular lens implantation was completed in 56 eyes; 43 were analyzed (median age, 2.4 months; range, 1.0-6.8 months). Exclusions included 11 patients with glaucoma, 1 patient with Stickler syndrome, and 1 patient with an IOL exchange at 8 months postoperatively. The mean rate of change in a myopic direction from 1 month after cataract surgery to age 1.5 years

SUBMITTER: Weakley DR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5507620 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature