[Therapeutic schedule in ambliopia--experience of Eye Clinic Cluj].
OBJECTIVE
To establlsh a protocol for the treatment of amblyopia and the methods used to maintain the results (visual acuity).


METHODS
Fifty children with amblyopia were treated in the Pediatric Ophthalmology Department of the Ophthalmological Cllnic in Cluj. Full time occlusion was used in all children. Pleoptic methods (Haidinger procedure, anti crowding fenomenon exercices and visual attention exercices) were done in the amblyopic children. The study analyzed the correlation of the visual acuity and the type of amblyopia (strabismic, anysometropic), the age of the patients and the age at the initiation of the treatment, the compliance. The visual acuity was followed up by check outs every 4-6 months.


CONCLUSIONS
The study concluded that the treatment of choice in amblyopia is the full time occlusion. The partial occlusion and the optical penalization is reserved for the maintenance of the result (visual acuity) until the children reach the age of 7-8, when the sensitive period of visual development ends. The compliance of the children and parents is important. The hospitalization and the pleoptics used in a amlyopic children collectivity improve the children cooperation and the therapeutical results.
Vladuţiu
Cristina
C
Sevan
Simona
S
Popoviciu
Sarmisa
S
D000550:Amblyopia / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002985:Clinical Protocols / Q000592:standards; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006760:Hospitalization; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D009988:Orthoptics / Q000379:methods; D010290:Parents; D010349:Patient Compliance; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012383:Romania; D012683:Sensory Deprivation; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity