PRK may eliminate the need for prescription eyeglasses and straighten the eyes of young adults with low to moderate hyperopia and purely accommodative esotropia, according to a new study. Researchers at Emory University School of Medicine (Atlanta, Ga.) performed a retrospective chart review of 40 patients ages 17 to 39 years who underwent bilateral photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) to eliminate their dependence on glasses.
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LASIK and PRK found safe, effective for treatment of accommodative esotropia
April 29, 2009LASIK and PRK appear to be safe and effective treatments for children and young adults who have a binocular vision anomaly called accommodative esotropia, according to a recent study conducted by Italian researchers. The findings may change the way surgeons treat certain cases of the eye alignment problem to prevent the development of amblyopia (or “lazy eye”).