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BMC Ophthalmol
November 2023
Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, 377-2 Ohnohigashi, Osakasayama, Osaka, 589-8511, Japan.
Background: Amblyopia treatment by occluding the healthy eye is known to be effective during a sensitive critical period. This study aims to clarify the factors for the total occlusion time (TOT) required for the amblyopic eye to achieve a normal visual acuity (VA) level of 1.0 (0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTransl Vis Sci Technol
April 2022
Department of Ophthalmology, Erasmus Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Purpose: Amblyopia is a major health problem with an estimated 2% to 4% of the population affected. Screening combined with corrective measures, such as correction of refractive error and occlusion of the dominant eye, could reduce this prevalence. A new pediatric vision scanner, the blinq (Rebion, Boston, MA), studies the foveolar quality of fixation of each eye during binocular viewing.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClin Exp Optom
May 2022
Brien Holden Institute of Optometry and Vision Sciences, Hyderabad Eye Research Foundation, LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India.
Purpose: To assess the prevalence of amblyopia in a population of adolescents screened for amblyogenic risk factors at preschool age.
Methods: Data were retrospectively collected from the preschool screening for amblyogenic risk factors routinely performed in the authors' hospital. A stratified random sampling was used.
Clin Ter
December 2019
Department of Sense Organs, University of Rome "Sapienza", Rome, Italy.
Purpose: Outcomes Research Study on patients suffering from anisometropia or isoametropia associated with amblyopia and microstrabismus to show the impact of late occlusion treatment on therapeutic prognosis.
Materials And Methods: Enrollment of all the eligible patients presenting to recruiting centers at the Department of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus - Ophthalmological Clinic - Policlinico Umberto I - Rome. At baseline, all patients will undergo an opthalmologic evaluation.
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