The aim of the present systematic review was to examine the benefits and harms associated with immediate sequential bilateral cataract surgery (ISBCS) with specific emphasis on the rate of complications, postoperative anisometropia, and subjective visual function in order to formulate evidence-based national Danish guidelines for cataract surgery. A systematic literature review in PubMed, Embas...

Aim: To provide an overview of the factors that might influence the success or failure of anisometropic amblyopia treatment. Methods: A literature-based review was conducted using mainly Science Direct. Searches were restricted to English-based publications over the past 10 years, mainly focusing on children before they reach visual maturation. Results: The most common factors considered within...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the surgical and functional outcome of congenital ptosis repair and the anisometropic changes after surgical repair of ptosis to determine the potential contribution of anisometropia to the development of refractive amblyopia. METHODS The clinical records of 162 children with congenital ptosis that had been surgically repaired between 1995 and 2006 at the Goldschleger Ey...

We analyze the role of bilateral symmetry in enhancing binocular visual ability in human eyes, and further explore how efficiently bilateral symmetry is preserved in different ocular surgical procedures. The inclusion criterion for this review was strict relevance to the clinical questions under research. Enantiomorphism has been reported in lower order aberrations, higher order aberrations and...

The extent of motion processing deficits and M/dorsal pathway involvement in amblyopia is unclear. Fellow eye performance was assessed in amblyopic children for motion-defined (MD) form, global motion, and maximum displacement (Dmax) tasks. Group performance on MD form was significantly worse in amblyopic children than in control children. Global motion deficits were significantly related to re...

Contrast sensitivity functions were measured for sinusoidal gratings from a sample of 10 anisometropic amblyopes. A high spatial frequency deficit was found from tests of the amblyopic eyes of all subjects. This defect decreased with spatial frequency and was correlated with the magnitude of anisometropia. Controls were instituted to rule out psychophysical method and residual defocus as possib...

PURPOSE To evaluate the effect of laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) on stereoacuity (SA). METHODS This prospective study includes 200 patients scheduled for LASIK. SA was evaluated preoperatively and one week, one month and three months postoperatively using the Random Dot test. Patients with preoperative SA worse than 480 sec/arc were excluded from the study. RESULTS The study included ...

CASE REPORT A male with cylindrical anisometropia secondary to retinal detachment (RD) surgery in the right eye (OD) was referred for contact lens (CL) fitting. His refraction was OD -1.25 -2.75 x 60 degrees VA 1.0 and OS +0.25 VA 1.2. He was complaining of diplopia with spectacles. Seven years prior to the RD surgery, he had undergone LASIK without complications. The diplopia was eliminated af...

A 63-year-old white man with anisometropic hyperopia presented with cataract in both eyes. He had uneventful temporal limbal phacoemulsification with intracapsular placement of a multifocal 3-piece silicone intraocular lens (IOL) in his right eye (model SA-40N, Allergan, Inc.). One week later, 2 intracapsular 3-piece silicone IOLs (1 monofocal backward, Allergan model SI-40NB; 1 multifocal in f...

The aim of study was to establish which level of myopic refractive error influences visual field defects in automated static perimetry, if these defects are typical, and if optimal correction normalized the visual field. The study included 100 patients (200 eyes) divided into three groups according to the severity of the myopic refractive error: group A (till -3.25 Dsph), group B (-3.50 Dsph to...