Angela M Chen, S Ayse Erzurum, Danielle L Chandler, Amra Hercinovic, Rui Wu, Marilyn Vricella, Amy L Waters, Benjamin H Ticho, John W Erickson, Silvia Han, Paula S McDowell, Zhuokai Li, Raymond T Kraker, Jonathan M Holmes, Susan A Cotter
IMPORTANCE: Increased myopic shift was found to be associated with 1 year of overminus spectacle treatment for children with intermittent exotropia (IXT). Persistence of myopic shift after discontinuing overminus spectacles is unknown. OBJECTIVE: To compare refractive error change over 3 years in children with IXT originally treated with overminus vs nonoverminus spectacles. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: This study was an 18-month extension of the Trial of Overminus Spectacle Therapy for Intermittent Exotropia cohort, which previously randomized children aged 3 to 10 years with IXT and baseline spherical equivalent refractive error (SER) between -6...
March 21, 2024: JAMA Ophthalmology