Long-term Effect of Intraocular Lens vs Contact Lens Correction on Visual Acuity After Cataract Surgery During Infancy: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Although intraocular lenses (IOLs) are often implanted in children, little is known whether primary IOL implantation or aphakia and contact lens correction results in better long-term visual outcomes after unilateral cataract surgery during infancy.

Objective

To compare long-term visual outcomes with contact lens vs IOL correction following unilateral cataract surgery during infancy.

Design, setting, and participants

This multicenter randomized clinical trial enrolled 114 infants with a unilateral congenital cataract who underwent cataract surgery with or without primary IOL implantation between 1 and 6 months of age. Data on long-term visual outcomes were collected when the children were age 10.5 years (July 14, 2015, to July 12, 2019) and analyzed from Ma

SUBMITTER: Lambert SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7042945 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature