Globe Axial Length Growth at Age 5 Years in the Infant Aphakia Treatment Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To report the longitudinal change in axial length (AL) from the time of unilateral cataract surgery at age 1 to 7 months to age 5 years, and to compare AL growth of operated eyes with that of fellow unoperated eyes.

Design

Comparative case series.

Participants

Infants enrolled in the Infant Aphakia Treatment Study (IATS).

Methods

The AL at baseline and age 5 years and change in AL were analyzed relative to treated versus fellow eye, visual outcome, and treatment modality (contact lens [CL] vs. intraocular lens [IOL]). Eyes with glaucoma or glaucoma suspect were excluded from primary analysis but reported separately.

Main outcome measures

The AL growth from preoperative to age 5 years.

Results

Seventy patients were eligible; however, AL dat

SUBMITTER: Wilson ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5511691 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature