Outcomes of secondary intraocular lens implantation in the Infant Aphakia Treatment Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To report outcomes of secondary intraocular lens (IOL) implantation in the Infant Aphakia Treatment Study (IATS).

Setting

Multicenter clinical practice.

Design

Secondary analysis of patients enrolled in a randomized clinical trial.

Methods

Details regarding all secondary IOL surgeries conducted in children enrolled in the IATS were compiled. Visual outcomes, refractive outcomes, and adverse events at the age of 10½ years were evaluated. Comparisons were made with eyes that remained aphakic and with eyes randomized to primary IOL placement.

Results

The study included 114 infants, 57 in the aphakic group and 57 in the primary IOL group; 55 of 57 patients randomized to aphakia with contact lens correction were seen for the 10½-year study visit; 24 (

SUBMITTER: VanderVeen DK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7936988 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature