Treatment of amblyopia in strongly anisometropic eyes

Following a hypothesis concerning the image-size on the retina the problem is discussed as to which of the various correction methods is to be preferred in the case of severe anisometropia. We treated nine anisometropic patients for amblyopia using contact lens correction. After amblyopia treatment we measured the aniseikonia in all the subjects by means of Phase Difference Haploscope. The aniseikonia appears to be less serious than might have been expected. Perhaps a more physiological situation can be created by means of early contact lens correction and as little aniseikonia as possible.