Efficacy of supplemental Occlu-pad therapy with partial occlusion in children with refractive anisometropic amblyopia

Abstract

Purpose: To study the efficacy of supplemental occlu-pad therapy with partial occlusion in children with refractive anisometropic amblyopia. Methods: Thirty-one children who did not improve after partial occlusion of 6 h for 6 months were supplemented with the use of occlu-pad for 1 h per day and three such sessions in a week. Results: The mean age was 6.8+/-1.4 years (range 5–9 years). A significant improvement of 3.2+/-1.3 lines in visual acuity was noticed at the end of 3 months of starting this supplemental therapy in children. Out of 31 children, 26 children improved at least 2 lines or more at the end of 3 months. All children ( n = 9) having anisohyperopic amblyopia improved at the end of 3 months Conclusion: Occlu-pad is useful in supplementing occlusion therapy in cases of refractive amblyopia and is more effective in anisohyperopic amblyopia.

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“…Contrary to binocularity, it has not yet been established how binocularity stimulation therapy affects kids with persistent amblyopia. [ 3 ] However, they included a group of people who had failed patching therapy in their study because it was a key consideration. The authors should contemplate evaluating functional vision following the use of Occlu-pad therapy in residual amblyopia and during the course.…”

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“…A combination of Occlu-tab in the eye clinic and eye patching at home may be a clinically realistic option. [ 3 ] Recently, methods using game elements and under both eyes open have been proposed as modern amblyopia training methods. These methods are just beginning, and each is limited in certain countries.…”