IOL no better than contact lens in babies

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Are IOL’s No Better Than Contact Lens in Treating Infantile Aphakia?

Posted By Dr. Ari Weitzner On July 25, 2010 @ 10:20 am In Cataract,Pediatrics | Comments Disabled

An article in Archives compared contact lens wear to IOL in babies undergoing monocular cataract surgery. In a testimony to the excellent extended wear contact lenses we have today, IOL showed no benefit. When I was a resident, I never would have believed it- parents could hardly get the babies to wear those things. In fact, the IOL group was worse off as they required more procedures.

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