Ophthalmological findings in children born after intracytoplasmic sperm injection

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica
Margareta Hök WikstrandAnn Hellström

Abstract

To investigate visual function and ocular morphology in children born after intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) and compare them with visual function and ocular morphology in matched children born after spontaneous conception. 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.

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Jul 27, 2007·Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology : the Journal of the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology·N N Sarkar
Aug 30, 2008·Acta Paediatrica·Margareta Hök WikstrandAnn Hellström
Oct 10, 2020·Human Reproduction Open·S R CatfordR I McLachlan
Nov 21, 2020·Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease·Erez TsumiTamar Wainstock

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