Excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy in pediatric patients.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the results of excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) for myopia in pediatric eyes with amblyopia resulting from anisometropia.


METHODS
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.


CONCLUSIONS
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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Clinica de Ojos Dr. Nano, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Irigaray
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D000293:Adolescent; D000550:Amblyopia / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D015858:Anisometropia / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D003315:Cornea / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D054018:Lasers, Excimer; D008297:Male; D009216:Myopia / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D018903:Photorefractive Keratectomy; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology