Nystagmus and Lasik

Nystagmus is the rapid and jerky involuntary movement of the eye. Refractive surgery is sometimes impossible for individuals with nystagmus, but not always. Newer excimer lasers used for conventional or wavefront custom Lasik, All-Laser Lasik, PRK, LASEK, and Epi-Lasik have the ability to follow these movements.

CK does not use tracking, however the doctor may be able to fixate the eye during treatment for successful CK.

Lens based surgery techniques P-IOL and RLE do not require tracking as the eye is anesthetized and fixated during surgery.

An evaluation by a competent refractive surgeon can determine if a person with nystagmus is a viable candidate for any type of refractive surgery.

If you are ready to choose a doctor to be evaluated for conventional or wavefront custom Lasik, All-Laser Lasik, PRK, LASEK, Epi-Lasik, NearVision CK, RLE, or any refractive surgery procedure, we highly recommend you consider a doctor who has been evaluated and certified by the USAEyes nonprofit organization. Locate a USAEyes Evaluated & Certified Lasik Laser Eye Surgery Doctor.

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Current Lasik Medical Journal News...

Asperger syndrome associated with idiopathic infantile nystagmus--a report of 2 cases.

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Asperger syndrome associated with idiopathic infantile nystagmus--a report of 2 cases.

Strabismus. 2009 Apr-Jun;17(2):63-5

Authors: Kumar A, Sarvananthan N, Proudlock F, Thomas M, Roberts E, Gottlob I

Asperger syndrome is a severe and chronic developmental disorder. It is closely associated with autism and is grouped under autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Various eye movement abnormalities in AS have been reported in literature such as increased errors and latencies on the antisaccadic task implicating dysfunction of the prefrontal cortex, impairment of the pursuit especially for targets presented in the right visual hemisphere, suggesting disturbance in the left extrastraite cortex. There are no reports in the literature of association between idiopathic infantile nystagmus (IIN) and AS. We report 2 cases of Asperger syndrome associated with idiopathic infantile nystagmus.

PMID: 19551561 [PubMed - in process]