Changes in accommodation in children with hyperopic anisometropia and unilateral amblyopia after laser refractive surgery and pleoptic treatment

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PURPOSE

This study comparatively analyzes the state of accommodation in children with hyperopic anisometropia and amblyopia after femtosecond laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (Femto-LASIK) combined with pleoptic treatment, and after conventional pleoptic treatment.

MATERIAL AND METHODS

The first group consisted of 30 children with medium and high hyperopia, high and medium amblyopia, and anisometropia greater than 3.0 diopters, who underwent Femto-LASIK in the amblyopic eye. The second group consisted of 28 children with similar local status, who were prescribed traditional correction and received conservative treatment. The follow-up period was 1.5 years.

RESULTS

After 1.5 years, higher visual acuity (p<0.05) was achieved in the first group. A significant increase in the coefficient of accommodative response (CAR) was observed in the operated amblyopic eyes in group 1 — by 0.1±0.02 c.u. compared to the control group (p<0.05). In both groups there was an upwards trend for the coefficient of microfluctuations (CMF) in the amblyopic eye, but in the first group CMF increased more significantly (p<0.05). The objective accommodative response (OAR) and positive relative accommodation (PRA) of the amblyopic eye showed a double increase — by 1.0±0.23 and 0.9±0.38 diopters, respectively, at the end of treatment in the first group. The increase in similar indicators in the second group was insignificant (p<0.05). In children of the first group the difference in ciliary muscle thickness (CMT) of the amblyopic eye with disabled and enabled accommodation increased by 0.04±0.01 mm (p<0.05) in the anterior part of the ciliary muscle at the levels of CMT_max and CMT₁.

CONCLUSION

The data obtained in this study indicate the strong effect of refractive laser surgery in combination with pleoptic treatment on improving the visual acuity and the state of accommodation of the amblyopic and paired dominant eyes in children with hyperopic anisometropia, in contrast to conventional methods of treatment.

Keywords:

accommodation

amblyopia

hyperopia

anisometropia

Femto-LASIK

Authors:

Kulikova I.L.

Cheboksary branch of the S.N. Fedorov National Medical Research Center “MNTK “Eye Microsurgery”

ORCID: 0000-0001-5320-8524

Aleksandrova K.A.

Cheboksary branch of the S.N. Fedorov National Medical Research Center “MNTK “Eye Microsurgery”

ORCID: 0000-0001-6596-8870

Received:

30.05.2022

Accepted:

12.07.2022

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