Results of treatment in amblyopia associated with unilateral high myopia without strabismus.
AUTOR(ES)
Sen, D K
RESUMO
Fifty-five patients with amblyopia in unilateral high myopia without strabismus were treated. Thirty-two (58%) had a visual improvement by two lines or more on the Snellen chart and 17 (31%) attained a final visual acuity of 6/12 or better. In patients with pretreatment corrected vision of 6/60 or better in the amblyopic eye treatment consisted of full-time occlusion of the good eye, in some cases supplemented by the after-image method of pleoptic exercises in the amblyopic eye. Overall improvement of vision in this group was 72.7%. Occlusion of the good eye combined with pleoptic exercises in the amblyopic eye had no advantage over simple occlusion of the good eye. In patients with pretreatment corrected vision worse than 6/60 in the amblyopic eye occlusion of the amblyopic eye was done and the after-image method of pleoptic exercises was instituted. Improvement of vision in this group was 36.3%. The study showed that it is worth the trouble to treat this disorder even after the age of 14 years and stresses the utility of pleoptic therapy in older patients with severe amblyopia.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1040438Documentos Relacionados
- Results of treatment of anisohypermetropic amblyopia without strabismus.
- Experimental analysis of amblyopia and strabismus.
- AMBLYOPIA ex ANOPSIA (SUPPRESSION AMBLYOPIA)*: A Preliminary Report of the More Recent Methods of Treatment of Amblyopia, especially when associated with Eccentric Fixation in Cases of Strabismus
- Epidemiology of strabismus.
- Botulinum toxin for the treatment of blepharospasm and strabismus.