Impact of laser refractive surgery on ocular alignment in myopic patients
- 5 September 2014
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Eye
- Vol. 28 (11), 1321-1327
- https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.2014.209
Abstract
To evaluate the impact of myopic keratorefractive surgery on ocular alignment. This prospective study included 194 eyes of 97 myopic patients undergoing laser refractive surgery. All patients received a complete ophthalmic examination with particular attention to ocular alignment before and 3 months after surgery. Patients with a mean age of 26.6 years and a mean refractive error of -4.83 diopters (D) myopia were treated. Asymptomatic ocular misalignment was present preoperatively in 46 (47%) patients: a small-angle heterophoria (1-8 prism diopters, PD) in 36%; and a large-angle heterophoria (>8 PD)/heterotropia in 11%. Postoperatively, the change in angles of 10 PD or greater occurred in 3% for distance and 6% for near fixation: in 7% of the patients with orthophoria, in 3% of those with a small-angle heterophoria, and in 18% of those with a large-angle heterophoria/heterotropia. No patient developed diplopia. The preoperative magnitude of myopia or postoperative refractive status was not related to the change in ocular alignment. The higher anisometropia was associated with a decrease in deviation (P=0.041 for distance and P=0.002 for near fixation), whereas the further near point of convergence tended to be related with an increase in near deviation (P=0.055). Myopic refractive surgery may cause a change in ocular alignment, especially in cases with a large-angle heterophoria/heterotropia. There is also a chance of improvement of misalignment in patients with anisometropia.Keywords
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