Follow-up Results of the Monocular Amblyopia.

Kim, Young Taek; Chang, Hae Ran

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1998;39(11):2803-2809.
Published online November 1, 1998.

Follow-up Results of the Monocular Amblyopia.

Young Taek Kim, Hae Ran Chang

Department of Ophthalmology, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, College of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University.

소아 단안약시의 추적 관찰

김영택(Young Taek Kim),장혜란(Hae Ran Chang)

Abstract

We analyzed 52 monocular amblyopia patients, who had never taken amblyopia treatment previously and been followed up more than 3 months after terminating treatment of amblyopiam, about clinical features of monocular amblyopia and factors associated with treatment of amblyopia. Strabismus was the most common cause of monocular amblyopia, followed by anisometropia and visual deprivation in that order. But the average period of treatment was longest in visual deprivation amblyopia, followed by strabismic amblyopia and anisometropic amblyopia. In strabismic amblyopia, the greater the prism diopter, the longer the period of treatment taken. In anisometropic amblyopia, the greater the difference of corrected visual acuity, the longer the period of treatment taken.

Key Words: Factors associated with treatment of amblyopia;Monocular amblyopia