PURPOSE: To evaluate the visual results of excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) to treat pediatric @entity1 with amblyopic @entity9340 in whom conventional @entity4457 treatments have failed. SETTING: Instituto Oftalmol  gico de Alicante, University of Alicante, Spain. METHODS: Six @entity1 aged 5 to 7 years with amblyopic @entity9340 were treated by PRK in the more myopic eye using a VISX Twenty-Twenty excimer laser. Minimum preoperative refraction in the amblyopic eyes ranged from -4.00 to -13.00 diopters and best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), from 20/40 to 20/400. All cases completed a minimum of 2 years follow-up of antiamblyopic treatment. RESULTS: After PRK, preoperative BCVA was maintained without optical correction and complementary refraction resulted in increased BCVA in every case. One @entity1 with @entity1714 developed severe haze. There were no other significant complications. CONCLUSION: Our results indicate that PRK may be an alternative for the correction of pediatric @entity9340 and an important aid in treating @entity4457 . When other therapies have failed, using PRK in @entity1 of the ages in this study must be carefully evaluated; however, our results suggest a beneficial effect.

Photorefractive keratectomy for pediatric XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['children', 'patients', 'patient'] @entity9340 :: ('MESH:D015858', 'Disease') :: ['myopic anisometropia'] @entity1714 :: ('MESH:D009216', 'Disease') :: ['high myopia'] @entity4457 :: ('MESH:D000550', 'Disease') :: ['amblyopia']
@entity9340 :: (MESH:D015858,Disease) :: ['myopic anisometropia']
