Early treatment of anisometropic astigmatism and strabismus.
A 4-year-old boy with uncorrected anisometropic indirect astigmatism showed amblyopia and strabismus. Over a period of approximately 3 yr, neutralization of the refractive error and treatment of the amblyopia and strabismus resulted in single binocular vision with good stereopsis. The results suggest that at least up to age 7 the visual system is sufficiently plastic to be modified by treatment.
D001251:Astigmatism / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005139:Eyeglasses; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013285:Strabismus / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy