Affected children experienced greater axial elongation after three years, study finds. Suspension of lens wear and the impact of inflammation both likely contributed.
This is especially true when conducted for technical failure, while eyes with bullous keratopathy may experience elevated risk of recurrent graft failure.
The number of patients experiencing significant refractive worsening was reduced nearly fourfold. This was consistently seen over mean follow-up of 2.4 years, but long-term durability still needs to be established.
Subjects demonstrated 0.24mm average reduction compared to controls. However, one quarter of kids still experienced high rates of progression and one third had only modest benefit.