Clinical Characteristics and Risk Factors of Patients with Pediatric Amblyopia
Aim:Amblyopia is a common disease characterized by reduced visual acuity in one or both eyes during visual development in early stages of life. Satisfactory outcomes can be achieved with early diagnosis.Materials and Methods:The study included a total of 341 pediatric patients aged three to 15 years...
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| description | Aim:Amblyopia is a common disease characterized by reduced visual acuity in one or both eyes during visual development in early stages of life. Satisfactory outcomes can be achieved with early diagnosis.Materials and Methods:The study included a total of 341 pediatric patients aged three to 15 years, who presented to our clinic between February 2016 and September 2022 and were diagnosed with amblyopia. Using the follow-up files of all the patients, visual examination findings and data on birth, maternal obstetric history, family history, neurological disease history, chronic systemic disease history, and ocular surgery history were reviewed.Results:A total of 341 patients, including 171 female and 170 male, were enrolled in the study. The mean age of the patients was 7.81±3.6 years. According to the type of amblyopia, refractive amblyopia was detected in 188 of the 341 patients (55.1%), strabismic+refractive amblyopia in 93 (approximately 27.3%), strabismic amblyopia in 55 (16.1%), and deprivation amblyopia in five (1.5%) patients. It was determined that amblyopia was most common in the age ranges of 3-6 (36.5%) and 7-10 (44.2%) years. Family history was found at a significantly higher rate in the amblyopia types presenting with strabismus compared to the refractive amblyopia type.Conclusion:The determination of non-ocular risk factors other than the known ocular risk factors of amblyopia will allow for the early treatment of high-risk children and prevent preventable vision loss. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-45fe903d9d9f43538e8430136eeceb152023-03-17T12:03:34ZengGalenos YayincilikNamık Kemal Tıp Dergisi2587-02622023-03-01111424710.4274/nkmj.galenos.2023.8290513049054Clinical Characteristics and Risk Factors of Patients with Pediatric AmblyopiaAli Asgar YETKİN0Abdurrahman BİLEN Adıyaman Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Göz Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Adıyaman, Türkiye Aim:Amblyopia is a common disease characterized by reduced visual acuity in one or both eyes during visual development in early stages of life. Satisfactory outcomes can be achieved with early diagnosis.Materials and Methods:The study included a total of 341 pediatric patients aged three to 15 years, who presented to our clinic between February 2016 and September 2022 and were diagnosed with amblyopia. Using the follow-up files of all the patients, visual examination findings and data on birth, maternal obstetric history, family history, neurological disease history, chronic systemic disease history, and ocular surgery history were reviewed.Results:A total of 341 patients, including 171 female and 170 male, were enrolled in the study. The mean age of the patients was 7.81±3.6 years. According to the type of amblyopia, refractive amblyopia was detected in 188 of the 341 patients (55.1%), strabismic+refractive amblyopia in 93 (approximately 27.3%), strabismic amblyopia in 55 (16.1%), and deprivation amblyopia in five (1.5%) patients. It was determined that amblyopia was most common in the age ranges of 3-6 (36.5%) and 7-10 (44.2%) years. Family history was found at a significantly higher rate in the amblyopia types presenting with strabismus compared to the refractive amblyopia type.Conclusion:The determination of non-ocular risk factors other than the known ocular risk factors of amblyopia will allow for the early treatment of high-risk children and prevent preventable vision loss. http://namikkemalmedj.com/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/clinical-characteristics-and-risk-factors-of-patie/58940 amblyopiarisk factorsrefractive errorsstrabismuschildhood |
| spellingShingle | Ali Asgar YETKİN Abdurrahman BİLEN Clinical Characteristics and Risk Factors of Patients with Pediatric Amblyopia Namık Kemal Tıp Dergisi amblyopia risk factors refractive errors strabismus childhood |
| title | Clinical Characteristics and Risk Factors of Patients with Pediatric Amblyopia |
| title_full | Clinical Characteristics and Risk Factors of Patients with Pediatric Amblyopia |
| title_fullStr | Clinical Characteristics and Risk Factors of Patients with Pediatric Amblyopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Clinical Characteristics and Risk Factors of Patients with Pediatric Amblyopia |
| title_short | Clinical Characteristics and Risk Factors of Patients with Pediatric Amblyopia |
| title_sort | clinical characteristics and risk factors of patients with pediatric amblyopia |
| topic | amblyopia risk factors refractive errors strabismus childhood |
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