[The wave front and visual functions in the correction of different types of astigmatism with soft toric contact lenses in children and adolescents].

The study deals with the wave front in children and adolescents as a result of correction of astigmatism with soft toric contact lenses (STCL). Sixty-six patients (113 eyes) aged 5-16 years, who had different types of astigmatism and emmetropia, were examined. The level of optic aberrations was quantified on an OPD device (Nidek, Japan). The optic characteristics of the eye significantly improved due to the use of STCL in children and adolescents. At the same time, diminished summary aberrations improved not only visual acuity and spatial contrast sensitivity, but also ocular accommodation function as compared with the baseline levels under maximum correction. The insignificant increase revealed by the authors in high-order aberrations, which was achieved via correction of astigmatism with STCL, did not produce a considerable impact on visual function.