BCVA improves in second decade despite muscle surgery in children with albinism

Extraocular muscle surgery done in children with albinism in the second decade of life did not affect improvement in best corrected visual acuity, which typically improves in these patients during that period regardless of surgery.
A retrospective, longitudinal study of 41 patients with albinism who underwent one clinic visit between the ages of 10 and 13 and a second between the ages of 17 and 20 evaluated the effect of albinism type and extraocular muscle surgery on best corrected visual acuity.
The BCVA ranged from 20/25 to 20/160 during the (Read more...)

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