Abstract:Purpose: To provide a summary of the most recent evidence-based data on the paediatric refractive surgery. Methods: A review of the published studies from 1990 to 2015 was undertaken with emphasis on recent articles from 2010 to 2015. Results: Searching Scopus and PubMed, using the keywords of refractive surgery, phakic, paediatric, IOL, children and amblyopia alone or in various combinations yielded a total of about 48 articles on this topic from 1990 to 2015. Excluding review articles, fewer than 35 articles… Show more
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