Long-Term Visual Acuity Unaffected by Intraocular Lens Implantation After Congenital-Cataract Surgery

Intraocular lens implantation at the time of surgery for congenital cataract during infancy neither improves nor worsens long-term visual acuity, compared with correction with contact lenses, according to findings from the Infant Aphakia Treatment Study (IATS), as reported by Reuters.

“When we started the study, our hypothesis was that children who underwent intraocular lens implantation would have better visual outcomes than children who were left aphakic and treated with contact lenses,” Dr. Scott R. Lambert of Stanford University School of Medicine, in Palo Alto, California, told Reuters Health by email. “This proved not to be the case.”

Read the full article.