L. Speedwell et I. Russelleggitt, IMPROVEMENT IN VISUAL-ACUITY IN CHILDREN WITH ECTOPIA LENTIS, Journal of pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus, 32(2), 1995, pp. 94-97
The early development of vision in an eye with a dislocated lens is of
ten poor, leading to disappointing postoperative results due to amblyo
pia. A retrospective review of the best corrected visual acuity of 49
eyes of 27 children with ectopia lentis, who were rendered aphakic eit
her spontaneously or by lensectomy, showed a gradual improvement. Nine
teen eyes achieved an early postoperative acuity of 6/12 or better. Of
the remaining 30 eyes, 21 were followed up for 1 or more years. Durin
g this period, an improvement of two or more Snellen visual acuity lin
es was noted in all but one of the eyes.