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Optico‐anatomical changes of prematurity children eyes
Author(s) -
KRIAUCIUNIENE L,
AUKSTIKALNIENE R,
PAUNKSNIS A
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2009.358.x
Subject(s) - emmetropia , medicine , retinopathy of prematurity , gestational age , refraction , full term , ophthalmology , birth weight , refractive error , optometry , pregnancy , eye disease , optics , physics , genetics , biology
Purpose The aim of our work was to determine changes in optical‐anatomical elements of myopic eyes of full‐term and premature children during accommodation by means of precise ultrasonic biometry. Methods The study was made on healthy full‐term children’s eyes with emmetropic refraction (group, n = 20); full‐term 1st degree myopic children’s eyes with refraction from ‐1.0 D to ‐3.0 D (group 2, n = 16), and premature children’s myopic eyes with refraction ‐1.0 D to ‐3.0 D (group 3, n = 12). The age of children ranged from 6 to 15 years. Gestation age in the pre‐term group ranged from 25 to 34 weeks. All were seen in the clinic for the risk of developing retinopathy of prematurity. Results Ultrasonic biometry evaluates optical‐anatomical parameters in premature children’s myopic eyes. Axial length was longer than in healthy and full‐term myopic children’s eyes (mean, 24.09 ± 0.69 mm) and lens thickness was bigger (mean 3.35 ± 0.14 mm). In the healthy children’s group: axial length was 23.49 ± 0.48 mm and lens thickness 3.00 ± 0.07 mm, and in the full‐term myopic children’s group the axial length was 23.79 ± 0.59 mm and lens thickness 3.24 ± 0.14 mm. Conclusion In the group of premature children changes in the optical‐anatomical elements parameters of myopic eyes were more pronounced than in the group of full‐term children, and it could lead to higher myopia development.