IMPROVEMENT IN VISUAL-ACUITY IN CHILDREN WITH ECTOPIA LENTIS

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.