Treatment of strabismic amblyopia with refractive correction.
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.
Cotter
Susan A
SA
Jaeb Center for Health Research, 15310 Amberly Drive, Suite 350, Tampa, FL 33647, USA. pedig@jaeb.org
Edwards
Allison R
AR
Arnold
Robert W
RW
Astle
William F
WF
Barnhardt
Carmen N
CN
Beck
Roy W
RW
Birch
Eileen E
EE
Donahue
Sean P
SP
Everett
Donald F
DF
Felius
Joost
J
Holmes
Jonathan M
JM
Kraker
Raymond T
RT
Melia
B Michele
BM
Repka
Michael X
MX
Wallace
David K
DK
Weise
Katherine K
KK
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