Emmetropization in accommodative esotropia: an update and review.

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Longitudinal Development of Refractive Error in Children With Accommodative Esotropia: Onset, Amblyopia, and Anisometropia

PURPOSE We investigated longitudinal changes of refractive error in children with accommodative esotropia (ET) throughout the first 12 years of life, its dependence on age at onset of ET, and whether amblyopia or anisometropia are associated with defective emmetropization. METHODS Longitudinal refractive errors in children with accommodative ET were analyzed retrospectively. Eligibility crite...

Changes in Refractive Errors Related to Spectacle Correction of Hyperopia

BACKGROUND Hyperopic undercorrection is a common clinical practice. However, less is known of its effect on the change in refractive errors and emmetropization throughout the later years of childhood. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effect of spectacle correction on the change in refractive errors in hyperopic children less than 12 years of age with or without strabismus. DATA EXTRACTION A retro...

Stereoacuity Outcomes Following Treatment of Infantile and Accommodative Esotropia

Purpose—To review what is known about the normal maturation of stereoacuity, the stereoacuity deficits associated with infantile and accommodative esotropia, the rationale for making improved stereoacuity a goal of treatment, and strategies for improving stereoacuity outcomes. Methods—Studies of stereoacuity maturation during normal development, studies of stereoacuity outcomes following treatm...

Weaning children with accommodative esotropia out of spectacles: a pilot study.

BACKGROUND/AIM Many children with accommodative esotropia must continue spectacle use throughout life. This study was undertaken to determine which factors are predictive of successfully weaning children with accommodative esotropia out of spectacles. METHODS A retrospective review of 10 children with accommodative esotropia, who were gradually weaned from their hyperopic correction, and thre...