Journal article
Treatment of strabismic amblyopia with refractive correction
American journal of ophthalmology, Vol.143(6), pp.1060-1063
06/2007
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2007.02.029
PMCID: PMC2041929
PMID: 17524783
Abstract
To report data on the response of previously untreated strabismic amblyopia to spectacle correction. Prospective, interventional case series. Twelve patients with previously untreated strabismic amblyopia were prescribed spectacles and examined at five-week intervals until visual acuity was not improved from the prior visit. Amblyopic eye acuity improved by 2 lines or more from spectacle-corrected baseline acuity in nine of the 12 patients (75%), resolving in three (interocular difference <or=1 line). Mean change from baseline to maximum improvement was 2.2 +/- 1.8 lines. Improvement continued for up to 25 weeks. These results support the suggestion from a prior study that strabismic amblyopia can improve and even resolve with spectacle correction alone. Larger studies with concurrent controls are needed to confirm or refute these findings.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Treatment of strabismic amblyopia with refractive correction
- Creators
- Susan A Cotter - Jaeb Center for Health Research, 15310 Amberly Drive, Suite 350, Tampa, FL 33647, USA. pedig@jaeb.orgAllison R EdwardsRobert W ArnoldWilliam F AstleCarmen N BarnhardtRoy W BeckEileen E BirchSean P DonahueDonald F EverettJoost FeliusJonathan M HolmesRaymond T KrakerB Michele MeliaMichael X RepkaDavid K WallaceKatherine K WeisePediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- American journal of ophthalmology, Vol.143(6), pp.1060-1063
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.ajo.2007.02.029
- PMID
- 17524783
- PMCID
- PMC2041929
- ISSN
- 0002-9394
- eISSN
- 1879-1891
- Grant note
- EY11751 / NEI NIH HHS U10 EY011751 / NEI NIH HHS U10 EY011751-08 / NEI NIH HHS U10 EY011751-09 / NEI NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/2007
- Academic Unit
- Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9983980019502771
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