Dr.Nikhil Balakrishnan, B20247
This retrospective study was carried out to evaluate the efficacy and safety of LASIK for the correction of anisometropic amblyopia in adult patients.
28 amblyopic adult patients who underwent monocular LASIK for anisometropia were included in the study. We evaluated the preoperative and postoperative refractive error, spherical equivalent (SE), uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) and best corrected visual acuity (BCVA).
The mean age was 28.92 (±7.13) years. The average preoperative SE in the treated eyes was -5.67 (±3.24), the average SE of the untreated eye was 0.35(±0.30). Preoperative UCVA was 1.08 (±0.3) and average preoperative BCVA was 0.52 (±0.1). 13 patients (46%) gained 1 line of vision, 4 (14%) patient gained 2 lines of vision, 3 (11%) patient gained 3 lines of vision and the rest (29%) remained unchanged.
Monocular LASIK in adult patients with anisometropic amblyopia offers a satisfactory visual outcome, preserving or even improving the preoperative BCVA.
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