Comparative age-related assessment of the anterio-posterior axis length in children with normal eyes and with unilateral congenital cataract or congenital glaucoma

The length parameter of anterior-posterior axis is compared for children’s hyperopic eyes (302 eyes, hyperopia of 0.5 to 3.0 D). 109 eyes (109 children) with unilateral congenital cataract (UCC), and 132 eyes (90 children) with congenital glaucoma, aged 1 month to 15 years. Extended observation of anterior-posterior axis growth and refraction in eyes with artifakia showed a partial tendency to myopisation (3— 7%), which requires additional research of the pathogenetic process and should be taken into account when calculating the optical power of 1OL. The analysis of data on age-related growth of the anterio-posterior axis of eyes with congenital glaucoma showed the agreement with average figures for the developed and advanced stages of the condition. In contrast, terminal and advanced glaucoma (in children aged 2 to 3) the obtained data showed a reliable increase as compared to previously published values