کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
4014282 1261844 2012 5 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Visual acuity deficits in the fellow eyes of children with unilateral amblyopia
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی چشم پزشکی
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Visual acuity deficits in the fellow eyes of children with unilateral amblyopia
چکیده انگلیسی

PurposeTo study the visual acuity deficits and maturation in the fellow eyes of children with unilateral amblyopia who were treated with patching.MethodsMedical records of patients aged 4-13 years visiting a tertiary eye care center between January 2003 and December 2007 who were diagnosed for the first time with unilateral amblyopia were reviewed. Subjects included in the study were followed through April 2009. The baseline visual acuity in the fellow eye of amblyopic subjects was compared with that of age-matched healthy subjects. Changes in visual acuity in the amblyopic and fellow eyes during subsequent visits were analyzed.ResultsA total of 112 children with amblyopia were included (strabismic, 14; anisometropic, 51; combined mechanism, 47). Baseline visual acuity in the fellow eye of these children differed significantly from that of age-matched controls up to 8 years of age. Average logMAR acuity reached 0.0 at age 5 years in controls versus age 9 years in patients. Although the mean visual acuity of the fellow eyes improved during treatment, 21% developed temporary occlusion amblyopia. Full-time patching had no additional benefit when compared with part-time patching.ConclusionsVisual acuity in the fellow eye of children with unilateral amblyopia is reduced at baseline and matures more slowly than in healthy control patients. The risk for temporary occlusion amblyopia in the fellow eye is similar what has been previously reported.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus - Volume 16, Issue 1, February 2012, Pages 41–45
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