The Efficacy of Intermittent Atropine Penalization in Amblyopic Children Who Have Failed Patching Therapy
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
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: 1167-1174, 2005.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of intermittent atropine penalization (AP) in amblyopic children who have failed patching therapy.METHODS:
Twenty-one amblyopic (visual acuity in the amblyopic eye >or= 0.3) children (mean age, 7.8 years) who had failed patching therapy were treated with intermittent AP consisting of one drop of atropine 1% in the sound eye, twice per week. The visual acuity was analyzed in the cases of at least 3-month follow-up after intermittent AP. Treatment success was defined as an improvement in final visual acuity of 2 lines more than baseline visual acuity in the amblyopic eye.RESULTS:
The cause of amblyopia in the 21 cases was strabismus in 10 and anisometropia in 11. The mean visual acuities (logMAR) of the amblyopic eye were +0.28 before AP and +0.07 after AP. Of the 21 patients, success was achieved in 17 (84.2%), and their mean treatment duration was 7.5 months. The compliance rate with intermittent AP was 90.1%.CONCLUSIONS:
Intermittent AP could be considered for amblyopic children (visual acuity in the amblyopic eye >or= 0.3) who have failed patching therapy.
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Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
Year:
2005
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