Myopic Shift at 10 Years Follow-up in the Infant Aphakia Treatment Study

• Authors: David R. Weakley Jr., University of Texas Southwestern; Azhar Nizam, Emory University; Deborah K. VanderVeen, Harvard Medical School; M. Edward Wilson, University of South Carolina; Stacy Kruger, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Health; Scott R. Lambert, Stanford University School of Medicine
• Journal Title: Ophthalmology
• Volume: Volume 129, Number 9
• Publisher: The American Academy of Ophthalmology | 2022-04-08, Pages 1064-1065
• Type of Work: Article | Post-print: After Peer Review
• Publisher DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ophtha.2022.04.004
• Subjects: Health Sciences, General; Health Sciences, Medicine and Surgery
• Keywords: myopic shift; anisometropia; Infant Aphakia Treatment Study

Abstract

We studied the myopic shift and anisometropia at 10.6 (+/−0.3) years of age in the Infant Aphakia Treatment Study. We found myopic shift continues in the operated eye from 5-10.5 years at a lower rate than that prior to age five years while anisometropia increases proportionally.