Anomalous relation between axial length and retinal thickness in amblyopic children.

Purpose: To investigate the relationship between retinal thickness and axial length in amblyopic eyes compared to healthy eyes.

Methods: In this observational, transversal study, 36 amblyopic children and 30 healthy controls underwent full ophthalmological and orthoptic examinations, volume scanning of the macula with spectral domain optical coherence tomography (3D OCT-1000; Topcon Corporation, Tokyo, Japan), and measuring of axial length using the IOLMaster (Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Jena, Germany). The average pericentral retinal thickness was calculated.