title: [Laser interferometry in preoperative evaluation of visual acuity in children].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the possibility of using laser interferometry in prediction of visual acuity in children after cataract surgery. Until now this method has been used only in adults. In the literature no papers were found about prediction of visual acuity in children.
  
  
  METHODS
  Laser interferometry was performed before surgery in 27 eyes of children aged 6-15 and the results were compared with visual acuity after cataract extraction with IOL implantation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Laser interferometry is of limited value in pediatric patients.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Okulistyki Instytutu, Pomnik-Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka w Warszawie.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Trzebicka
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sadowska
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007368:Interferometry / Q000379:methods; D007834:Lasers; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011300:Preoperative Care; D014787:Vision Tests / Q000379:methods*; D014792:Visual Acuity