Scleral thickness in young children.

StudyJournal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus· Jul 2026

Scleral thickness in young children.

Raval Vishal, Kapoor Rohan, Jana Priya, Singh Arun

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Mean scleral thickness in children under 3 years is 0.46 mm, consistent across eyes.

Scleral thickness in young children.

Raval Vishal … Singh Arun

Journal of AAPOS · Jul 2026 · Q2 in Ophthalmology

Purpose

To generate normative scleral thickness data for children aged 0-36 months.

Methods

Children ≤36 months of age undergoing examination under anesthesia for retinoblastoma management were prospectively included in this single-center study.

n = 43 eyes

Results

eyes at this age have similarly thin, fragile scleral walls

Right eye

0.47mm

Left eye

0.45mm

More results

No significant difference was observed across quadrants of the right eye (P = 0.3) or left eye (P = 0.6).

No significant differences in age groups were observed in mean overall scleral thickness (P = 0.9).

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Conclusion

The mean scleral thickness was 0.46 ± 0.06 mm and was comparable between eyes. Scleral thickness was uniform across all quadrants, and no significant variations were observed in sex or age up to 36 months.

Scleral thickness in young children.

Scleral thickness in young children.

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