2000
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9394(00)00509-2
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The therapy of amblyopia: an analysis comparing the results of amblyopia therapy utilizing two pooled data sets. Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc 1999;97:373–390.

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“…In young children, amblyopia is treated primarily with eye-patching, forcing the ''lazy eye'' to function by covering the eye that sees better. This treatment, by prolonged occlusion of the good eye, is considered impractical in adult amblyopia (12,43). The efficiency of patching is negatively correlated with age at treatment (43); the probability of failure is 7.9 times higher for the 11-to 20-year age group than for children 0-3 years old.…”
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“…In young children, amblyopia is treated primarily with eye-patching, forcing the ''lazy eye'' to function by covering the eye that sees better. This treatment, by prolonged occlusion of the good eye, is considered impractical in adult amblyopia (12,43). The efficiency of patching is negatively correlated with age at treatment (43); the probability of failure is 7.9 times higher for the 11-to 20-year age group than for children 0-3 years old.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This treatment, by prolonged occlusion of the good eye, is considered impractical in adult amblyopia (12,43). The efficiency of patching is negatively correlated with age at treatment (43); the probability of failure is 7.9 times higher for the 11-to 20-year age group than for children 0-3 years old. The treatment success rate is somewhat difficult to assess, because it lacks an accepted definition (10,12), but it is mostly between 60% and 70% in young children (43), comparable with the success rate found here in adults.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…De qualquer forma, a melhor prevenção da ambliopia é a sua detecção precoce, o que é feito, em geral, em levantamentos populacionais (20) , associada à compreensão do problema, o que vai levar à melhor adesão ao tratamento.…”
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“…2 The outcome of treatment is worse in patients with higher degrees of anisometropia and the depth of amblyopia has been correlated with the degree of anisometropia. 3,4 High degrees of anisometropia cause disparity in image size between the two eyes (aneisokonia). It has traditionally been believed that anisometropia of more than 3.5 dioptres constitutes a barrier to fusion, so these patients may be left undercorrected with little chance of improving their amblyopia.…”
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“…A poor initial visual acuity also indicates a severe amblyopia. 4,5 Amblyopia needs to be treated in childhood and failure to do so produces what is termed the burden of amblyopia. Patients with uniocular amblyopia are debarred from a wide variety of jobs increasing with the severity of amblyopia.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%