title: Treatment of strabismic amblyopia with refractive correction.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report data on the response of previously untreated strabismic amblyopia to spectacle correction.
  
  
  METHODS
  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.
authors.affiliation: Jaeb Center for Health Research, 15310 Amberly Drive, Suite 350, Tampa, FL 33647, USA. pedig@jaeb.org
authors.forename: Susan A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Cotter
authors.forename: Allison R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.forename: Robert W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Arnold
authors.forename: William F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Astle
authors.forename: Carmen N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Barnhardt
authors.forename: Roy W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Beck
authors.forename: Eileen E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Birch
authors.forename: Sean P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Donahue
authors.forename: Donald F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Everett
authors.forename: Joost
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Felius
authors.forename: Jonathan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Holmes
authors.forename: Raymond T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Kraker
authors.forename: B Michele
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Melia
authors.forename: Michael X
authors.initials: MX
authors.lastname: Repka
authors.forename: David K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Wallace
authors.forename: Katherine K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Weise
mesh_terms: D000550:Amblyopia / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005139:Eyeglasses; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013285:Strabismus / Q000628:therapy*; D015348:Vision, Binocular; D014792:Visual Acuity