Successful treatment of anisometropic amblyopia with spectacles alone

Steele, A.I.; Bradfield, Yasmin S.; Kushner, Burton J.; Struck, Michael C.; Gangnon, Ronald E.

doi:10.1016/j.ajo.2006.04.009

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“…Successful treatment of anisometropic amblyopia has been reported with spectacle alone. 26,27 Contact lens is an alternative management of high anisometropic amblyopia if children develop unacceptable aniseikonia with spectacle correction. 28 If amblyopia persist after glasses correction, the next step consists of occlusion or penalization of non-amblyopic eye.…”

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Long-term visual outcomes of laser-treated threshold retinopathy of prematurity: a study of refractive status at 7 years

Yang

Wang

Sung

et al. 2009

Eye

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Long-term visual outcomes of laser-treated threshold retinopathy of prematurity: a study of refractive status at 7 years

Yang

Wang

Sung

et al. 2009

Eye

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“…The prevalence of amblyopia is reported as 2-4% in North America and is the primary cause of unilateral vision loss in children (1). According to Hess et al, one third of amblyopia cases are caused by anisometropia, one third by strabismus and one third from a combination of the two (2). However, other authors have reported that 50% of cases with amblyopia are caused by anisometropia (3).…”

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Findings of Anisometropic Amblyopia in Children

2015

IJSR

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Anisometropic amblyopia is the second most common cause of amblyopia. Anisometropic amblyopia occurs when unequal focus between the two eyes causes chronic blur on one retina. The aim of this study was to describe the treatment of Anisometropic amblyopia in a regional hospital. 192 patients with anisometropic amblyopia presenting for examination at Ofthalmologic Clinic of Regional Hospital of Fier in Albania between 2012 and 2014,, were enrolled in the study. The mean age of the patients at study entry was 6.6±0.9 years (range 3 -9 years); 46% were female and 75% were white. Table 1 provides the baseline characteristics of the cohort. The mean visual acuity measurement in the amblyopic eyes at study entry was 3/10 in the right eye and in the left eye was 4/10. At the initial 5-week visit, visual acuity improvement from the spectacle-corrected baseline acuity averaged 1.9 ± 1.4 lines, with 54% of the patients having improvement of 2 or more lines of acuity and 10% meeting the definition for resolution. If spectacles are not tolerated other option should be considered as, contact lenses, refractive surgery of cornea, etc.

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“…In the present study, the degree of anisometropia was within 2 D in all but four of the pseudophakic patients, and thus could be effectively compensated by spectacle correction alone to prevent ambliopia. 22 These four cases had 2.5 D of anisometropia, but no patient had anisometropic amblyopia postoperatively after spectacle overcorrection.…”

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confidence: 99%