Abstract Objectives To assess parents’ perceptions about amblyopia and its causes, symptoms, risk factors, treatments, the importance of follow-up to evaluate their awareness regarding consequences critical complications. Results Parents or companions (n = 401) were surveyed, 52.9% mothers, 81.8% mothers 85.7% fathers highly educated (diploma, college university degree), 58 (14.5%) had a child ...

BACKGROUND In eyes with severe organic defects the question arises if amblyopia therapy makes sense. PATIENTS AND METHODS Three children are presented in whom despite severe organic eye diseases amblyopia therapy was tried. The first child had a unilateral large macular scar secondary to retinoblastoma treatment, the second a unilateral severe optic nerve atrophy secondary to an orbital heman...

Two 4-year-old boys, one white and one black, had unilateral extensive myelinization of retinal nerve fibers associated with severe myopia, esotropia, and amblyopia. The finding of unilateral extensive myelinization of the nerve head and retinal fibers in a child may indicate a potentially remediable anisometropic amblyopia.

OBJECTIVE To assess the psychosocial impact on the child and family of patching and atropine as treatments for moderate amblyopia in children younger than 7 years. METHODS In a randomized, controlled clinical trial, 419 children younger than 7 years with amblyopic eye visual acuity in the range of 20/40 to 20/100 were assigned to receive treatment with either patching or atropine at 47 clinic...

AIM To study the frequency of amblyogenic factors in patients with congenital ptosis. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, 114 eyes of 100 patients with congenital ptosis more than 1 year old were included. Amblyopia was defined as best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) less than 10/10 or a difference between the two eyes of at least 2/10. In patients too young to be measured by the linear Sne...

The AAPOS Vision Screening Committee established the first guidelines for automated preschool vision screening in 2003. These primarily addressed the magnitude of refractive error that was (by consensus) thought to put a child at risk for the development of amblyopia. Since then, more data have emerged about the prevalence of amblyopia risk factors in young children from which it is clear that ...

Fifty cases of cured amblyopia were examined in relation to distance vision, near vision, and reading capacity. Occlusion had been abandoned at age 8; the examination was made at age 12. Although linear vision for distance and near was full, reading capacity was markedly impaired. In order to prevent this 'reading amblyopia', sneaking-out or tapering-off occlusion with alternating calibrated fi...

Aim: To identify which factors influence the final visual acuity in children with anisometropic amblyopia. Methods: A retrospective analysis of 112 children with anisometropic amblyopia, identified from examining all case notes of children who had failed preschool or school screening. Results: The age at presentation had no effect on the final visual outcome (p=0.804). Both the degree of refrac...

AIM To identify which factors influence the final visual acuity in children with anisometropic amblyopia. METHODS A retrospective analysis of 112 children with anisometropic amblyopia, identified from examining all case notes of children who had failed preschool or school screening. RESULTS The age at presentation had no effect on the final visual outcome (p=0.804). Both the degree of refra...