Efficacy of combined orthokeratology and 0.01% atropine solution for slowing axial elongation in children with myopia: a 2-year randomised trial

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 10; no. 1; p. 12750
• Main Authors: Kinoshita, Nozomi, Konno, Yasuhiro, Hamada, Naoki, Kanda, Yoshinobu, Shimmura-Tomita, Machiko, Kaburaki, Toshikatsu, Kakehashi, Akihiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 29.07.2020; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 692/308; 692/699; Atropine; Atropine - administration & dosage; Axial Length, Eye; Biometry; Child; Children; Elongation; Female; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Japan; Male; multidisciplinary; Myopia; Myopia - drug therapy; Myopia - surgery; Orthokeratologic Procedures; Prospective Studies; Refraction, Ocular; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Treatment Outcome; Japan

Eighty Japanese children, aged 8–12 years, with a spherical equivalent refraction (SER) of − 1.00 to − 6.00 dioptres (D) were randomly allocated into two groups to receive either a combination of orthokeratology (OK) and 0.01% atropine solution (combination group) or monotherapy with OK (monotherapy...