Anisometropia

As a resident more than 2 decades ago, I was taught by my attendings that the best refractive target for most patients was –0.5 D in order to achieve good uncorrected distance vision.

FRANKFURT, Germany — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ESCRS winter meeting, Magda Rau, MD, speaks about the implantation of customized asymmetric multifocal toric IOLs in patients with hyperopic anisometropia and high astigmatism.

A previously healthy 3-year-old girl was transferred to Tufts Medical Center from an outside hospital for persistent vomiting, mild gait abnormality and newly reported subjective vision changes in the left eye.

The term amblyopia literally means “dullness of vision.”

The American Optometric Association- sponsored InfantSee program resulted in an increase in the number of infants between 6 and 12 months old evaluated by optometrists.

SAN FRANCISCO —When used together, the combination of Intacs intracorneal ring segments and corneal collagen cross-linking can reduce astigmatism in myopic eyes more than cross-linking alone, according to Richard L. Lindstrom, MD.

Six hours of occlusion is as effective as full-time occlusion in the treatment of severe amblyopia, and 2-hour occlusion is as effective as 6 hours for moderate amblyopia, according to a retrospective study.

SAN DIEGO — The decision to correct anisometropic myopia with refractive surgery should not be based on the degree of difference between the two eyes, researchers said.