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When to Use Cycloplegic Refraction?

Sophia Al-Mansoor • • 6 min read
When to Use Cycloplegic Refraction?

For fine correction of refractive errors, cycloplegia is necessary, particularly in young children and patients with fully accommodative esotropia

accommodative esotropia
Cycloplegic drugs are the principal medications used in the diagnosis of accommodative esotropia. The same cycloplegics can be used as a "medical patch" in the treatment of amblyopia. Miotics may be as good as glasses in controlling accommodative esotropia but are almost never better.
or high hyperopia requiring greater accommodative efforts [1,2]. Atropine sulfate, cyclopentolate hydrochloride, and tropicamide are widely utilized as cycloplegic agents.

When should a Cycloplegic refraction be performed?

Cycloplegic refraction should be performed 30 to 45 minutes after the first drop is instilled. For more information on specific refraction techniques that have been used in myopia control studies, refer to the IMI – Clinical Myopia Control Trials and Instrumentation Report.

What is Cycloplegic refraction used for?

Cycloplegic refraction is a procedure used to determine a person's complete refractive error by temporarily relaxing the muscles that aid in focusing the eye. Cycloplegic eye drops are used to temporarily relax the ciliary body, or focusing muscle, of the eyes.

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