Part time patching treatment outcomes in children with amblyopia with and without fusion maldevelopment nystagmus: An eye movement study.

ABSTRACT: PURPOSE:We investigated how the abnormalities of fixation eye movements (FEMs) of the amblyopic eye were linked with treatment outcomes following part-time patching therapy in children with amblyopia. METHODS:We recruited 53 patients, with at least 12 months of patching, and measured FEMs at the end of treatment. Subjects were classified based on FEM waveforms (those without nystagmus = 21, those with nystagmus without fusion maldevelopment nystagmus (FMN) = 21, and those with FMN = 11) and based on clinical type of amblyopia (anisometropic = 18, strabismic = 6, and mixed = 29). The treatment outcomes such as duration of treatment of receiving part-time patching therapy, visual acuity and stereo-acuity deficits at the end of treatment were determined. Bivariate contour ellipse area (BCEA),

SUBMITTER: Scaramuzzi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7425965 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature