Binocular treatment for amblyopic children: a review.

The narrative review was planned to investigate the efficiency of binocular treatment for amblyopic children, and to compare it with the standard methods. Literature search was conducted for articles in English language available on PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase, Medline and PsycInfo databases as well as through bibliographies of peer-reviewed studies. Studies in the field of binocular treatment for amblyopia were included.

Visual outcomes and quality of life before and after photorefractive keratectomy.

Purpose: To compare visual outcomes and vision-related quality of life (VRQoL) between subjects before and after photorefractive keratotomy (PRK) and controls. In addition, VRQoL was compared between subjects at different periods of PRK surgery.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study that included subjects with refractive errors aged 19-40 years and age-matched controls.