Myopic shift, refractive, and visual outcomes after 5 years of infantile cataract surgery: Our experience and review of literature.

Purpose: After infantile cataract surgery, axial elongation, induces a myopic shift that cannot be fully compensated by corneal flattening and the rate is unpredictable owing to the non-linear growth of the eye. The current prospective study assesses the myopic shift and visual outcomes in children undergoing cataract surgery in infancy over a follow-up period of 5 years.

Materials And Methods: A prospective study conducted at a tertiary eye care center to evaluate the five-year myopic shift, refractive and visual outcomes in infants, who underwent surgery for congenital cataract in infancy.