PURPOSE To investigate compliance with patching therapy and the dose-effect relationship in occlusion therapy in amblyopia by recording the effective patching time using occlusion dose monitors (ODMs). METHODS Fifty-two children with strabismic or mixed amblyopia (Snellen equivalent, 6/12-6/48) were given optimal refractive correction and randomly allocated for 12 weeks into three treatment g...

OBJECTIVES To determine the efficacy of refractive correction alone and patching treatment with near activities on amblyopia associated with myopic anisometropia in children aged 4 to less than 14 years. The associations of visual acuity (VA) improvement with age,degree of anisometropia, patching compliance, presence of strabismus, and presence of eccentric fixation were also investigated. ME...

Patching is an efficient bandwidth-sharing technique for video-on-demand systems. Its performance, however, has limitation: as the time distance to the last regular multicast enlarges, the patching cost for new requests increases and eventually, a new regular multicast must be scheduled to balance the cost. In this paper, we address this problem by proposing a new technique called Double Patchi...

Mesh repair of the incisional hernia is a standard procedure and associated with lesser recurrence rate as compared to primary suture repair. Intraperitoneal mesh migration is a rare cause of recurrence after onlay mesh repair. Hereby, reporting a rare case of intra-peritoneal migration of polypropylene mesh and its adhesion to bowel wall following onlay mesh repair of incisional hernia.

In the past 20 years, there has been a great advancement in knowledge pertaining to compliance with amblyopia treatments. The occlusion dose monitor introduced quantitative monitoring methods in patching, which sparked our initial understanding of the dose-response relationship for patching amblyopia treatment. This review focuses on current compliance knowledge and the impact it has on patchin...

OBJECTIVE To assess whether the relative treatment effect of patching compared with atropine for moderate amblyopia varies according to patient age, cause of amblyopia or depth of amblyopia, and initial number of patching hours prescribed. DESIGN Multicenter, randomized clinical trial. PARTICIPANTS Four hundred nineteen children younger than 7 years of age with amblyopia in the range of 20/...

Patellofemoral arthroplasty has a long record of use in the treatment of isolated patellofemoral arthritis, with outcomes influenced by patient selection, surgical technique, and trochlear implant design. The trochlear components have evolved from inlay-style to onlay-style designs, which have reduced the incidence of patellar instability. Minimizing the risk of patellar instability with onlay-...

Amblyopia is the leading cause of vision loss in children. It is treatable if diagnosed early, making identification of affected children critical. The American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend that clinicians routinely perform age-appropriate vision chart testing, red reflex testing, and examination for signs of strabismus....

OBJECTIVE To compare full-time patching (all hours or all but 1 hour per day) to 6 hours of patching per day, as prescribed treatments for severe amblyopia in children younger than 7 years. DESIGN Prospective, randomized multicenter clinical trial (32 sites). PARTICIPANTS One hundred seventy-five children younger than 7 years with amblyopia in the range of 20/100 to 20/400. INTERVENTION R...