title: A randomized clinical trial comparing contact lens with intraocular lens correction of monocular aphakia during infancy: grating acuity and adverse events at age 1 year.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the visual outcomes and adverse events of contact lens with primary intraocular lens (IOL) correction of monocular aphakia during infancy.
  
  
  METHODS
  In a randomized, multicenter (12 sites) clinical trial, 114 infants with a unilateral congenital cataract were assigned to undergo cataract surgery between 1 to 6 months of age either with or without primary IOL implantation. Contact lenses were used to correct aphakia in patients who did not receive IOLs. Grating visual acuity was tested at 1 year of age by a masked traveling examiner.
  
  
  METHODS
  Grating visual acuity at 1 year of age.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The median logMAR visual acuity was not significantly different between the treated eyes in the 2 groups (contact lens group, 0.80; IOL group, 0.97; P = .19). More patients in the IOL group underwent 1 or more additional intraocular operations than patients in the contact lens group (63% vs 12%; P < .001). Most of these additional operations were performed to clear lens reproliferation and pupillary membranes from the visual axis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There was no statistically significant difference in grating visual acuity at age 1 year between the IOL and contact lens groups; however, additional intraocular operations were performed more frequently in the IOL group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Until longer-term follow-up data are available, caution should be exercised when performing IOL implantation in children aged 6 months or younger given the higher incidence of adverse events and the absence of an improved short-term visual outcome compared with contact lens use.
authors.affiliation: Emory Eye Center, 1365-B Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. slamber@emory.edu
authors.forename: Scott R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Lambert
authors.forename: Edward G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Buckley
authors.forename: Carolyn
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Drews-Botsch
authors.forename: Lindreth
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: DuBois
authors.forename: E Eugenie
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Hartmann
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Lynn
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Plager
authors.forename: M Edward
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D001036:Aphakia, Postcataract / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D002386:Cataract / Q000151:congenital; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D003263:Contact Lenses, Hydrophilic / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D010349:Patient Compliance; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012683:Sensory Deprivation; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology*; D014821:Vitrectomy
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