Features of hyperopic LASIK in children.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the results of hyperopic LASIK in children and adolescents with accommodative strabismus and refractive amblyopia.


METHODS
The procedures were conducted by standard methods of LASIK using a Technolas 217C excimer laser (Bausch & Lomb, Rochester, NY).


RESULTS
LASIK resolved the accommodative components of strabismus by achieving stabilization of visual acuity and decrease (or disappearance) of amblyopia degree. All patients achieved binocular vision.


CONCLUSIONS
Excimer laser correction of hyperopia and hyperopic astigmatism in children and adolescents has the potential to correct refractive errors, improve visual function in amblyopic eyes, correct accommodative strabismus, and improve binocular vision.
Dvali
Merab L
ML
Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia. modernoptics@hotmail.com
Tsintsadze
Nana A
NA
Mirtskhulava
Sophia I
SI
D000293:Adolescent; D000550:Amblyopia / Q000517:prevention & control; D001251:Astigmatism / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D003319:Corneal Stroma / Q000601:surgery*; D019781:Corneal Topography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006956:Hyperopia / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D020731:Keratomileusis, Laser In Situ; D012029:Refraction, Ocular; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D015348:Vision, Binocular; D014792:Visual Acuity