Ocular Dominance and Stereopsis as Crucial Assessment in Presbyopia Refractive Surgery

• Published in: Journal of refractive surgery (1995) Vol. 37; no. 6; p. 430
• Main Authors: Sánchez-González, José-María, De-Hita-Cantalejo, Concepción, Sánchez-González, María Carmen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Thorofare, NJ SLACK Incorporated 01.06.2021; Slack, Inc; SLACK INCORPORATED
• Subjects: Patient satisfaction; Presbyopia; Surgery
• ISSN: 1081-597X; 1938-2391; 1938-2391
• DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20210427-02

[...]Handa et al4 found that binocular summation failed in patients with strong ocular dominance after adding a positive spherical lens in front of one eye. [...]dominance preoperative examination may determine the potential dominance magnitude rather than whether the right or left eye is dominant. Alarcón et al5 performed presbyopic refractive surgery on 25 patients within the dominant eye corrected for distance vision and the non-dominant eye for near vision but with half the myopic target in the near eye than that of the study by Rahmania et al.1 Alarcón et al5 found a significant decrease in contrast sensitivity and stereoacuity after the presbyopia refractive procedure. Extensive ocular dominance and stereopsis preoperative assessment appear to be critical to achieve success in visual, refractive, and satisfaction outcomes in presbyopia refractive surgery.