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Interventions for strabismic amblyopia.

K Shotton1, S Elliott

  • 1Royal Victoria Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology, Claremont Wing, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, NE1 4LP. kate.shotton@nuth.nhs.uk

The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
|April 22, 2008
PubMed
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Conventional part-time occlusion therapy is more effective than glasses alone for treating strabismic amblyopia. Combining occlusion with near activities may further improve visual outcomes, though more research is needed.

Area of Science:

  • Ophthalmology
  • Pediatric Ophthalmology
  • Vision Science

Background:

  • Amblyopia, or

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine the most effective treatment for strabismic amblyopia.
  • To evaluate conventional occlusion therapy, partial occlusion, and optical penalization for strabismic amblyopia.

Main Methods:

  • Searched CENTRAL, MEDLINE, EMBASE, and LILACS in October 2007 without date or language restrictions.
  • Included randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of any age group for strabismic amblyopia treatment.
  • Two authors independently extracted data, using double data entry for accuracy.

Main Results:

  • Two RCTs were included. Conventional part-time occlusion with glasses showed significantly better visual acuity than glasses alone (mean difference -0.18, 95% CI -0.32 to -0.04).

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  • Supplementing occlusion therapy with near activities may yield better visual outcomes than non-near activities after four weeks (mean difference -0.17, 95% CI -0.53 to 0.19), based on a pilot study.

    • Conclusions:

    • Occlusion therapy, combined with necessary refractive correction, is more effective than refractive correction alone for strabismic amblyopia.
    • Combining occlusion and refractive correction with near activities may offer superior visual outcomes.
    • Further research is required to confirm the role of near activities; no RCTs assessed partial occlusion or optical penalization.