Contact lens correction of refractive amblyopia in children over six years of age
<p><strong>Background</strong>: vision plays a fundamental role in the physical and intellectual development of children. Correcting defects at an early age makes it possible to get better results in visual rehabilitation.</p><p><strong>Objective</strong>: t...
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| author | Yusimy Agüero-Viamontes Isis Infante-Vinent Orlando Yandy Gesto-Santiesteban |
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| description | <p><strong>Background</strong>: vision plays a fundamental role in the physical and intellectual development of children. Correcting defects at an early age makes it possible to get better results in visual rehabilitation.</p><p><strong>Objective</strong>: to characterize the process of correction with contact lenses of refractive amblyopia in children older than six years, treated at the contact lens office of the "Mártires de Las Tunas" Provincial Pediatric Hospital of the province of Las Tunas, from January to September 2019.</p><p><strong>Methods</strong>: a descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out with 28 children, including 47 eyes that presented refractive amblyopia. All the patients visited the office during the period of time declared in the objective, referred by the ophthalmologist. The following variables were assessed: age, type of amblyopia, prevalence of ametropia, initial visual acuity, visual acuity with glasses and visual acuity with contact lenses.</p><p><strong>Results</strong>: the most common age was between 7 and 12 years. Astigmatism was the most frequent refractive defect, in 57 % of the cases. The most common refractive amblyopia was the mild one, 88 %. Most of the studied eyes (88 %) considerably improved visual acuity with contact lenses.</p><p><strong>Conclusions</strong>: the correction of refractive amblyopia with contact lenses was effective, to the same extent as the predominance of the mild degree of amblyopia.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4cef8d1df4904ea2a5a1bf3078dadf152022-12-21T22:30:45ZspaUniversidad de Ciencias Médicas de Las TunasRevista Electrónica Dr. Zoilo E. Marinello Vidaurreta1029-30272020-05-014531005Contact lens correction of refractive amblyopia in children over six years of ageYusimy Agüero-Viamontes0Isis Infante-Vinent1Orlando Yandy Gesto-Santiesteban2Hospital Pediátrico Provincial “Mártires de Las Tunas”, Las Tunas. [Actual: Hospital General Docente "Dr. Ernesto Guevara de la Serna", Las Tunas.] Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Las Tunas. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas “Dr. Zoilo Enrique Marinello Vidaurreta”, Las Tunas.Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Las Tunas. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas “Dr. Zoilo Enrique Marinello Vidaurreta”, Las Tunas.Hospital General Docente "Dr. Ernesto Guevara de la Serna", Las Tunas.<p><strong>Background</strong>: vision plays a fundamental role in the physical and intellectual development of children. Correcting defects at an early age makes it possible to get better results in visual rehabilitation.</p><p><strong>Objective</strong>: to characterize the process of correction with contact lenses of refractive amblyopia in children older than six years, treated at the contact lens office of the "Mártires de Las Tunas" Provincial Pediatric Hospital of the province of Las Tunas, from January to September 2019.</p><p><strong>Methods</strong>: a descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out with 28 children, including 47 eyes that presented refractive amblyopia. All the patients visited the office during the period of time declared in the objective, referred by the ophthalmologist. The following variables were assessed: age, type of amblyopia, prevalence of ametropia, initial visual acuity, visual acuity with glasses and visual acuity with contact lenses.</p><p><strong>Results</strong>: the most common age was between 7 and 12 years. Astigmatism was the most frequent refractive defect, in 57 % of the cases. The most common refractive amblyopia was the mild one, 88 %. Most of the studied eyes (88 %) considerably improved visual acuity with contact lenses.</p><p><strong>Conclusions</strong>: the correction of refractive amblyopia with contact lenses was effective, to the same extent as the predominance of the mild degree of amblyopia.</p>http://revzoilomarinello.sld.cu/index.php/zmv/article/view/2173amblyopiacontact lensesvisual acuitychild |
| spellingShingle | Yusimy Agüero-Viamontes Isis Infante-Vinent Orlando Yandy Gesto-Santiesteban Contact lens correction of refractive amblyopia in children over six years of age Revista Electrónica Dr. Zoilo E. Marinello Vidaurreta amblyopia contact lenses visual acuity child |
| title | Contact lens correction of refractive amblyopia in children over six years of age |
| title_full | Contact lens correction of refractive amblyopia in children over six years of age |
| title_fullStr | Contact lens correction of refractive amblyopia in children over six years of age |
| title_full_unstemmed | Contact lens correction of refractive amblyopia in children over six years of age |
| title_short | Contact lens correction of refractive amblyopia in children over six years of age |
| title_sort | contact lens correction of refractive amblyopia in children over six years of age |
| topic | amblyopia contact lenses visual acuity child |
| url | http://revzoilomarinello.sld.cu/index.php/zmv/article/view/2173 |
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