Introduction: Pattern Electroretinography (PERG) is a highly sensitive electrophysiological technique used as an indicator of changes in retinal macular area. Amblyopia seems to result from a cortical visual imbalance but changes at the retinal level may also be present. The purpose of this systematic review was to evaluate if there are any consistent changes described in the scientific literature in PERG responses of amblyopic eyes.
Materials And Methods: Searches were conducted in PubMed and Embase databases, using the keywords "Electroretinography" and "Amblyopia", combined with MeSH or Emtree terms "Pattern Electroretinography", "amblyopia", "PERG" and "amblyopia". PERG P50-N95 amplitude and P50 latency were analysed as well as the methodology used.
Results: A total of 234 articles were found and 6 articles were included for review. One of the articles reported results in adults and five of them in children. One of the articles in children reported no changes in either P50-N95 amplitude or P50 latency. All articles that described differences between the amblyopic eye and the normal eye found a decrease in P50-N95 amplitude and/or a delay in P50 latency.
Conclusions: This review shows promising findings for the use of PERG in amblyopia as an aid in the diagnostic protocol, since this technique may be able to detect an apparent functional impairment of the amblyopic eye.
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