Evaluation of structural contributors in myopic eyes of preterm and full-term children.

Purpose: We conducted a cross-sectional study to test the hypothesis that the structural contributions to myopia in preterm and full-term born children are different.

Methods: In this study, 93 children ranging from ages 2 to 13 who had myopia ≥ -3 diopters in at least one eye were examined with A-scans. The following data was collected and analyzed: history of birth, refractive error (RE), cornea thickness (CT) and average corneal curvature (AVK), depth of anterior chamber (ACD), lens thickness (LT), and axial length (AL) of the eye.

Refractive outcomes of lens-sparing vitrectomy for retinopathy of prematurity.

Objective: To evaluate the refractive outcomes of 3-port lens-sparing vitrectomy (LSV) for subtotal retinal detachments owing to retinopathy of prematurity.

Methods: The study included 9 infants who had undergone complete ablative laser treatment for threshold retinopathy of prematurity in both eyes, subsequently developed stage 4A retinal detachment in 1 eye for which they underwent LSV, and maintained complete retinal attachment bilaterally. Eyes that underwent LSV were compared with fellow eyes.