Barry Wasserman

Presentation Figure 1. (A) Fusion of the lateral 30 percent of the upper and lower lids in the right eye. (B) Three extensile connective tissue bands measuring approximately 1 mm in length and 3 to 4 mm in width located medial, lateral and near the lateral canthus of the left eyelids. An 8-day-old boy presented to Wills Eye’s pediatric ophthalmology clinic with inability to open the left eye and partial ability to open the right eye.

People intuitively understand the importance of good eyesight; we use it almost every moment of our awake hours to navigate our environment and to absorb information. But for school age children in most public and private schools, good vision is one of the key fundamentals to learning — children with vision problems may not absorb information the teacher is writing on a chalkboard or, in our new COVID-19 world, displaying on a screen.

Myopia is an increasingly prevalent refractive disorder which can ultimately lead to vision loss. An estimated 28.3 percent of the world’s population is myopic and 4 percent of the world population has high myopia (greater than -5 D).