Binocul Vis Strabismus Q. 2006;21(4):231-4.
Saclker School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Kfar Saba, Israel.
PURPOSE: While excimer laser refractive surgery is recommended and highly successful for correcting refractive errors in adults, its use in children has not been extensively exercised or studied. We report our experience treating children with amblyopia due to high anisometropia, high astigmatism, high myopia and with associated developmental delay. SETTING: Review of patient records of our refractive clinic. METHODS: A retrospective review was made of all 11 children with stable refractive errors who were unsuccessfully treated non-surgically and then underwent corneal refractive surgery and in one case, lenticular surgery. Seven had high myopic anisometropia, 2 had high astigmatism, and two had high myopia--one with Down's Syndrome and one with agenesis of the corpus callosum. RESULTS: The surgical refractive treatment eliminated or reduced the anisometropia, reduced the astigmatic error, improved vision and improved the daily function of the children with developmental delay. There were no complications or untoward results. CONCLUSIONS: Refractive surgery is safe and effective in treating children with high myopic anisometropia, high astigmatism, high myopia and developmental delay due to the resulting poor vision. Surgery can improve visual acuity in amblyopia not responding to routine treatment by correcting the refractive error and refractive aberrations.
PMID: 17069560 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Refractive eye surgery in treating functional amblyopia in children.
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Very interesting study. I am glad that there are a myriad of options to help children who have conditions such as refractive amblyopia. With the eye still growing I am assuming that many of the children will still need vision correction but not to the same degree thanks to the laser correction. At Clear View we do orthokeratology, which would be another option for kids with refractive amblyopia.
@Shaune: I always believed that your eye does not grow.
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