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. 2007 Jun;143(6):1060-3.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2007.02.029.

Treatment of strabismic amblyopia with refractive correction

Susan A Cotter  1 , Allison R Edwards, Robert W Arnold, William F Astle, Carmen N Barnhardt, Roy W Beck, Eileen E Birch, Sean P Donahue, Donald F Everett, Joost Felius, Jonathan M Holmes, Raymond T Kraker, B Michele Melia, Michael X Repka, David K Wallace, Katherine K Weise; Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group
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Treatment of strabismic amblyopia with refractive correction

Susan A Cotter et al. Am J Ophthalmol. 2007 Jun.

Abstract

Purpose: To report data on the response of previously untreated strabismic amblyopia to spectacle correction.

Design: Prospective, interventional case series.

Methods: Twelve patients with previously untreated strabismic amblyopia were prescribed spectacles and examined at five-week intervals until visual acuity was not improved from the prior visit.

Results: Amblyopic eye acuity improved by 2 lines or more from spectacle-corrected baseline acuity in nine of the 12 patients (75%), resolving in three (interocular difference <or=1 line). Mean change from baseline to maximum improvement was 2.2 +/- 1.8 lines. Improvement continued for up to 25 weeks.

Conclusions: These results support the suggestion from a prior study that strabismic amblyopia can improve and even resolve with spectacle correction alone. Larger studies with concurrent controls are needed to confirm or refute these findings.

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