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Barry N. Wasserman, MD; Chrishonda C. McCoy, MD

Arch Ophthalmol. 2007;125(9):1293-1294.

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Refractive surgery can improve uncorrected vision over a wide range of refractive errors. However, impaired binocularity has been reported after refractive surgery.¹ Decompensated strabismus and loss of stereopsis can be disturbing, even when visual acuity outcome is excellent. Improved stereopsis after refractive surgery is rarely reported and is usually found in the pediatric population.² We present a case of improved stereopsis after laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) treatment of anisometropia in an adult.

Report of a Case

A 32-year-old woman was first seen for LASIK evaluation, complaining that her eyes did not "work well together." She had been prescribed glasses at age 6 years, but she did not wear them. She denied therapy for amblyopia or strabismus. She had no significant medical history and her medication included only birth control.

Uncorrected visual acuity was 20/150 OD and 20/30 OS. Preoperative best-corrected visual acuity was 20/25 OD . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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