Primal Health Databank: Study

Entry No:0614
Title:Ophthalmological findings in children born after intracytoplasmic sperm injection
Author(s):Wikstrand MH, Stromland K, Flodin S, Bergh C, Wennerholm UB, Hellstrom A
Reference:Acta Ophthalmol Scand. 2006 Apr;84(2):177-81
Place of Study:Sweden
Abstract: A total of 137 children born after ICSI and 159 control children were examined at the age of 5 years in a blinded study. The two groups were matched for age, gender and maternal age. The children underwent a detailed ophthalmological investigation by an ophthalmologist and an orthoptist. A total of 90.4% of the ICSI children had a visual acuity (VA) in the better eye of >or= 0.8, compared with 93.7% of the controls (NS). No significant differences were found between ICSI children and controls with regard to hyperopia, myopia, astigmatism, heterotropia, stereoscopic vision and convergence. One child with Goldenhar syndrome and one with Marcus Gunn syndrome were observed in the ICSI group. One child in the ICSI group was treated for retinopathy of prematurity. In this limited study group, no significant differences in visual function and/or ocular morphology were found between children born after ICSI and matched control children at the age of 5 years.
Keyword(s):ICSI, intracytoplasmic sperm injection, myopia, visual acuity, visual function
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