Скачать или смотреть From Nerve Development to Vision Dr Mary Whitman, Boston Children’s Hospital

The eye movement disorders strabismus (characterised by eye misalignment) and nystagmus (involuntary oscillation of the eyes) together affect up to 5% of the population. Accommodative esotropia is one of the most common types of strabismus in children, characterised by an inward deviation of the eyes that improves with glasses.

Early detection of esotropia is essential and lack of treatment can result in severe and long-term visual damage. Children with a subtype of accommodative esotropia have traditionally been treated with bifocal glasses to correct both distance and close vision. However, they are more expensive than single-vision glasses and are often more difficult for young children to get used to.

Dr Mary Whitman at the Boston Children’s Hospital, USA, questioned this approach. Her retrospective study of 180 children found similar improvement and development of depth perception after treatment with single-vision (only distance correction) or bifocal glasses, as well as a lower risk of surgery. This first demonstration that single-vision lenses are preferable now forms the basis of recommendations for the treatment of accommodative esotropia by the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

Learn more: https://doi.org/10.33548/SCIENTIA559