Assessing amblyopia treatment using multifocal visual evoked potentials.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To evaluate the effect of occlusion treatment for anisometropic amblyopia using multifocal visual evoked potentials (mfVEPs).

Methods

The patients for this study comprised 19 patients (mean age 6.05 ± 1.65 years) with anisometropic amblyopia underwent mfVEP analysis using the RETIscan® system before and after occlusion treatment. After dividing the area into six ring areas and four quadrants, we analyzed the amplitudes and latencies of the mfVEPs.

Results

The amplitudes of ring 1 (central field) in amblyopic eyes after treatment were significantly higher than those in the other rings (p = 0.001). The mfVEP amplitudes in each of the six rings between amblyopic eyes and fellow eyes at diagnosis and after occlusion treatment showed no significant differences.

SUBMITTER: Jang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6090668 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature