Childhood amblyopia: current management and new trends.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction or background

With a prevalence of 2-5%, amblyopia is the most common vision deficit in children in the UK and the second most common cause of functional low vision in children in low-income countries.

Sources of data

Pubmed, Cochrane library and clinical trial registries (clinicaltrials.gov, ISRCTN, UKCRN portfolio database).

Areas of agreement

Screening and treatment at the age of 4-5 years are cost efficient and clinically effective. Optical treatment (glasses) alone can improve visual acuity, with residual amblyopia treated by part-time occlusion or pharmacological blurring of the better-seeing eye. Treatment after the end of the conventional 'critical period' can improve vision, but in strabismic amblyopia carries a low risk of double vision.

Area

SUBMITTER: Tailor V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5862311 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature