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Excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy in pediatric patients

Hugo D. Nano, Sergio Muzzin, Fernandez L. Irigaray

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PURPOSE: To evaluate the results of excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) for myopia in pediatric eyes with amblyopia resulting from anisometropia. SETTING: Clinica de Ojos Dr. Nano, Buenos Aires, Argentina. METHODS: Five children with amblyopia resulting from anisometropia in whom conventional therapy was unsuccessful had PRK followed immediately by photoastigmatic refractive keratectomy. Mean patient age was 12.4 years, and follow-up was 12 months. RESULTS: Postoperatively, all eyes had reduced anisometropia and a significant improvement in uncorrected and corrected visual acuities. Sixty percent of patients had no haze 12 months after PRK, 20% had trace haze, and 20%, mild. No patient had decreased best spectacle-corrected visual acuity. CONCLUSION: The results of PRK for myopia were good in this small sample of children. Longer follow-up with more patients should be done.

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PURPOSE: To evaluate the results of excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) for myopia in pediatric eyes with amblyopia resulting from anisometropia. SETTING: Clinica de Ojos Dr. Nano, Buenos Aires, Argentina. METHODS: Five children with amblyopia resulting from anisometropia in whom conventional therapy was unsuccessful had PRK followed immediately by photoastigmatic refractive keratectomy. Mean patient age was 12.4 years, and follow-up was 12 months. RESULTS: Postoperatively, all eyes had reduced anisometropia and a significant improvement in uncorrected and corrected visual acuities. Sixty percent of patients had no haze 12 months after PRK, 20% had trace haze, and 20%, mild. No patient had decreased best spectacle-corrected visual acuity. CONCLUSION: The results of PRK for myopia were good in this small sample of children. Longer follow-up with more patients should be done.

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PURPOSE: To evaluate the results of excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) for myopia in pediatric eyes with amblyopia resulting from anisometropia. SETTING: Clinica de Ojos Dr. Nano, Buenos Aires, Argentina. METHODS: Five children with amblyopia resulting from anisometropia in whom conventional therapy was unsuccessful had PRK followed immediately by photoastigmatic refractive keratectomy. Mean patient age was 12.4 years, and follow-up was 12 months. RESULTS: Postoperatively, all eyes had reduced anisometropia and a significant improvement in uncorrected and corrected visual acuities. Sixty percent of patients had no haze 12 months after PRK, 20% had trace haze, and 20%, mild. No patient had decreased best spectacle-corrected visual acuity. CONCLUSION: The results of PRK for myopia were good in this small sample of children. Longer follow-up with more patients should be done.

Key concepts: Photorefractive keratectomy, Excimer laser, Medicine, Ophthalmology, Optometry, Excimer, Laser, Optics

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