Posters

Refractive surgery in children with accommodative and partially accommodative esotropia

Poster Details

First Author: I.Aznauryan RUSSIA

Co Author(s):    S. Agagulyan   V. Balasanyan   A. Shpak              

Abstract Details

Purpose:

To prove the effectiveness of refractive surgery for correcting the position of the eyes in patients with accommodative and partially accommodative esotropia.

Setting:

Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology Clinics "Yasnyi Vzor"

Methods:

The study included 38 people (76 eyes) with a spherical equivalent of refraction over 3.0 D treated in Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology Clinics “Yasnyi Vzor” for accommodative or partially accommodative esotropia. Mean age of patients was 10.6±3.0 years. Mean spherical equivalent of the right eye was 6.4±1.4 D (range 3.9 to 9.8 D), mean spherical equivalent of the left eye was 5.5±1.4 D (from 3.1 to 8.9 D). The residual esotropia was 11.4±2.7 degrees. We performed PRK in 30 patients and LASIK in 8 patients under general anesthesia on the Mel-90 (Carl Zeiss Meditec).

Results:

After the surgery mean spherical equivalent was 2.9±1.8 D in the right eye, 2.3±1.6 D in the left eye. The angle of esotropia decreased to 1.4±1.2 degrees. The residual corneal thickness was not less than 415 microns. Complications in the postoperative period were not observed.

Conclusions:

Refractive surgery helps to correct accommodative and partially accommodative esotropia.

Financial Disclosure:

None