Abstract | PURPOSE: SETTING: Nonhospital surgical facility and a hospital clinic. METHODS: RESULTS: Best corrected visual acuity improved by 2 lines in 2 patients and 1 line in 2 patients by 6 months after surgery. Stereopsis and/or fusional status improved in 3 patients. Amblyopia treatment compliance improved in 1 patient. Alignment improved without strabismus surgery in 2 cases. A functional vision survey demonstrated a positive effect on the ability of all 5 children to function in their environment. CONCLUSION: During the period of visual cortical plasticity, refractive surgery, by eliminating the refractive component of amblyopia and by promoting fusional ability, provides considerable improvement in children, even those with underlying medical conditions associated with ocular pathology.
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Authors | William F Astle, Andrea Papp, Peter T Huang, April Ingram |
Journal | Journal of cataract and refractive surgery
(J Cataract Refract Surg)
Vol. 32
Issue 1
Pg. 103-8
(Jan 2006)
ISSN: 0886-3350 [Print] United States |
PMID | 16516787
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Abnormalities, Multiple
- Amblyopia
(complications, therapy)
- Anisometropia
(complications, surgery)
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Comorbidity
- Eye Diseases
(complications)
- Female
- Humans
- Infant
- Keratectomy, Subepithelial, Laser-Assisted
- Lasers, Excimer
- Male
- Myopia
(complications, surgery)
- Patient Compliance
- Photorefractive Keratectomy
- Visual Acuity
(physiology)
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