The incidence of amblyopia was analysed in a group of 20 patients with early onset esotropia. These patients reached adulthood without any form of previous treatment. The incidence of amblyopia was compared in a group of 20 patients who received conventional treatment, including occlusion and early surgical alignment. Only three patients (15%) in the untreated group presented with amblyopia, co...

with glued patches provided that care is taken to avoid allowing the glue to contact the ocular surface or eyelids. Should any problem arise with the use of cyanoacrylate-glued patches, including intolerance by the child or family, it can be easily removed with the help of white petroleum jelly. We recommend that the eyelids be closed before affixing the glued patch. This was a pilot study with...

Comment. In this population-based cohort of children diagnosed as having periocular infantile hemangioma during a 40-year period, amblyopia with or without strabismus occurred in approximately 1 in 5 children. To our knowledge, this study is the first population-based report on periocular infantile hemangiomas in the United States. The rate of amblyopia of 19% in this population is significantl...

In order to evaluate the influence of etiology of amblyopia and of age at onset of amblyopia on the resulting constellation of spatial vision deficits, resolution/vernier and recognition/resolution acuity ratios were measured in groups of children with either strabismic amblyopia or anisometropic amblyopia with known ages of onset. Strabismic amblyopia with infantile onset (<9 months) and strab...

Amblyopia is a neuro-developmental disorder of the visual cortex that arises from abnormal visual experience early in life. Amblyopia is clinically important because it is a major cause of vision loss in infants and young children. Amblyopia is also of basic interest because it reflects the neural impairment that occurs when normal visual development is disrupted. Amblyopia provides an ideal mo...

Amblyopia is the most common cause of monocular visual loss in children, affecting 1.3%-3.6% of children. Current treatments are effective in reducing the visual acuity deficit but many amblyopic individuals are left with residual visual acuity deficits, ocular motor abnormalities, deficient fine motor skills, and risk for recurrent amblyopia. Using a combination of psychophysical, electrophysi...

PURPOSE To compare macular thickness in children with functional amblyopia and those without amblyopia using optical coherence tomography (OCT). METHODS This case-control study was conducted on 93 children aged 3-10 years including 44 cases with unilateral amblyopia and 49 subjects without amblyopia. Amblyopic eyes were considered as the case group and their fellow eyes as internal controls; ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate risk factors for unilateral amblyopia and for bilateral amblyopia in the Vision in Preschoolers (VIP) study. DESIGN Multicenter, cross-sectional study. PARTICIPANTS Three- to 5-year-old Head Start preschoolers from 5 clinical centers, overrepresenting children with vision disorders. METHODS All children underwent comprehensive eye examinations, including threshold vi...

PURPOSE. To determine the prevalence of amblyopia and strabismus in young Singaporean Chinese children. METHODS. Enrolled in the study were 3009 Singaporean children, aged 6 to 72 months. All underwent complete eye examinations and cycloplegic refraction. Visual acuity (VA) was measured with a logMAR chart when possible and the Sheridan-Gardner test when not. Strabismus was defined as any manif...