Clinical Approach for Visual Achievement in Amblyopia Treatment.

Park, Sang Chul; Lee, Kyoung Hee; Lee, Ju Reon

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1991;32(9):802-808.
Published online September 1, 1991.

Clinical Approach for Visual Achievement in Amblyopia Treatment.

Sang Chul Park, Kyoung Hee Lee, Ju Reon Lee

Department of Ophthalmology, Catholic University Medical College, Korea.

약시 치료에서의 시력개선에 대한 임상적 고찰

박상철(Sang Chul Park),이경희(Kyoung Hee Lee),김주년(Ju Reon Lee)

Abstract

We retrospectively studied 60 amblyopic patients who had been treated for 12 months or more. They were divided into three age groups; below 5.5 years, 5.5 years to 8 years and 8 years or more, and visual improvements were compared with three age groups. The visual improvements were 5 line increase in both of below 5.5 year group and 5.5 year to 8 year age group and 3 line increase in 8 year and older group. In all three age groups, two-thirds of the improvements were achieved during the first three months of treatment There was no difference in visual improvement according to amblyopic type(strabismic, anisometropic, strabismic and anisometropic amblyopia). Treatment failures seemed to be the later onset of treatment, eccentric fixation and large anisometropic difference.

Key Words: Age group;Amblyopia;Amblyopic type;Treatment failure Visual improvement