Change and Recovery of Choroid Thickness after Short-term Application of 1% Atropine Gel and Its Influencing Factors in 6-7-year-old Children
Change and Recovery of Choroid Thickness after Short-term Application of 1% Atropine Gel and Its Influencing Factors in 6-7-year-old Children
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变化%20和%20恢复%20的%20脉络膜%20厚度%20后%20短期%20应用%20的%201%%20阿托品%20凝胶%20和%20其%20影响%20因素%20在%206-7岁%20儿童
DOI:
10.1080/02713683.2020.1863431
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发表时间:
2021-01-02
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2
通讯作者:
Ke, Bilian
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作者:
Jiang, Yunjia;Zhang, Zhengwei;Ke, Bilian
ABSTRACT Purpose To investigate the change and recovery of choroid thickness after short-term application of 1% atropine gel and its influencing factors in 6-7-year-old children. Materials and Methods 71 right eyes of 71 children were enrolled and divided into myopia and control group. 1% atropine gel was administered twice a day for one week and then stopped. Spherical equivalent (SE), accommodative amplitude (AA), keratometry (K), axial length (AL), and choroidal thickness (CT) were obtained at baseline and 1st, 4th, and 8th weeks. CT was measured at subfovea and 1 mm, 2 mm, and 3 mm temporal, superior, nasal, and inferior from the fovea using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography. Results In both groups, all CTs increased following the change in SE, AA, and AL after administration of 1% atropine for one week. They gradually recovered to baseline levels seven weeks after withdrawal. The change (Δ) in CT at 3 mm superior from the fovea was significantly higher in the myopia group than in the control group. In both groups, ΔCT at subfovea had no significant correlation with SE, AA, and AL, both at baseline and one week. However, ΔCT at subfovea was negatively correlated with ΔAL in the control group. Conclusions One-week application of 1% atropine gel may increase CT in 6-7-year-old Chinese children. Meanwhile, the recovery process after withdrawal lasts seven weeks. During the recovery process, the changes in structural parameters (AL, CT) and functional parameters (AA, SE) in both groups occurred synchronously. The SE, AA, and AL at baseline may not predict the extent of atropine’s effect on CT.