Effectiveness of Patching in Correcting Refractive Errors in Cases with Anisometropic Amblyopia
Pur po se: To evaluate the effects of patching on refractive errors in patients with anisometropic amblyopia. Ma te ri al and Met hod: We evaluated retrospectively 81 cases (5-8 years old) which were applied patching treatment for unilateral anisometropic amblyopia between June 2005 and August 200...
| Main Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Galenos Yayinevi
2011-12-01
|
| Series: | Türk Oftalmoloji Dergisi |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://www.oftalmoloji.org/article_1397/Effectiveness-Of-Patching-In-Correcting-Refractive-Errors-In-Cases-With-Anisometropic-Amblyopia |
| Summary: | Pur po se: To evaluate the effects of patching on refractive errors in patients with anisometropic amblyopia.
Ma te ri al and Met hod: We evaluated retrospectively 81 cases (5-8 years old) which were applied patching treatment for unilateral anisometropic
amblyopia between June 2005 and August 2009. Pre- and post-treatment visual acuities and stereopsis were evaluated and the cases
were divided into 4 groups as hyperopia, hyperopic astigmatism, myopia, and myopic astigmatism.
Re sults: Mean age was 6.8±0.1 (minimum-maximum: 5-8) years. Visual acuity was 0.57±0.07 log MAR in hyperopias (p=0.001),
0.74±0.07 logMAR (p=0.001) in hypermetropic astigmatisms, 0.1±0.02 log MAR (p=0.02) in myopias, and 0.62±0.08 logMAR (p=0.04)
in myopic astigmatisms after treatment. Post-treatment stereoacuity was improved significantly, except for myopic astigmatism (p=0.1).
Dis cus si on: Patching treatment in anisometropic amblyopia is safe and effective method in all refraction errors especially hyperopia. (Turk
J Ophthalmol 2011; 41: 385-8) |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 1300-0659 2147-2661 |