title: [Refractive laser eye surgery and binocular vision disorders--case report].
abstract: Laser refractive surgery is a lively developing branch of ophthalmology. There are a numbers of contraindications for this type of surgery, but many of them are difficult to define, for example binocular vision impairment. Accurate analysis of orthoptic examination before refractive surgery, has forced us to dissuade our patient from refractive surgery, despite the fact that there were no other contraindications.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 33 years old woman referred for refractive surgery because of bilateral myopia (right eye: -5.25 Dsph -0.75 Dcyl ax. 170; left eye: -5.0 Dsph). There was no strabismus or other binocular vision disorders in her history. Orthoptic examination revealed exophoria, slight hyperphoria and considerable bilateral convergence insufficiency, which would have contributed to future strabismic complications.
authors.affiliation: Zakładu Patofizjologii Widzenia Obuocznego i Leczenia Zeza I Katedry Chorób Oczu Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Łodzi. ezamojska@o2.pl
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zamojska
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Loba
authors.forename: Elzbieta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Archacka
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Broniarczyk-Loba
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D002138:Calibration; D000075202:Contraindications; D019781:Corneal Topography / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020731:Keratomileusis, Laser In Situ / Q000009:adverse effects; D009216:Myopia / Q000601:surgery; D009988:Orthoptics / Q000379:methods*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015348:Vision, Binocular; D014792:Visual Acuity