@article{3c26fe3e25c4460f8db74dceedbc8dd0,
title = "Treatment of Strabismic Amblyopia With Refractive Correction",
abstract = "Purpose: To report data on the response of previously untreated strabismic amblyopia to spectacle correction. Design: Prospective, interventional case series. Methods: Twelve patients with previously untreated strabismic amblyopia were prescribed spectacles and examined at five-week intervals until visual acuity was not improved from the prior visit. Results: Amblyopic eye acuity improved by 2 lines or more from spectacle-corrected baseline acuity in nine of the 12 patients (75%), resolving in three (interocular difference ≤1 line). Mean change from baseline to maximum improvement was 2.2 ± 1.8 lines. Improvement continued for up to 25 weeks. Conclusions: These results support the suggestion from a prior study that strabismic amblyopia can improve and even resolve with spectacle correction alone. Larger studies with concurrent controls are needed to confirm or refute these findings.",
author = "Cotter, {Susan A.} and Edwards, {Allison R.} and Arnold, {Robert W.} and Astle, {William F.} and Barnhardt, {Carmen N.} and Beck, {Roy W.} and Birch, {Eileen E.} and Donahue, {Sean P.} and Everett, {Donald F.} and Joost Felius and Holmes, {Jonathan M.} and Kraker, {Raymond T.} and Melia, {B. Michele} and Repka, {Michael X.} and Wallace, {David K.} and Weise, {Katherine K.}",
note = "Funding Information: This study was supported by cooperative agreement EY11751 from the National Eye Institute, Bethesda, Maryland. The authors indicate no financial conflict of interest. Involved in design of study (S.C., R.A., W.A., C.B., R.B., E.B., S.D., D.E., J.F., J.H., R.K., M.R., D.W., K.W.); all authors were involved in the collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data and the preparation, review, and final approval of the manuscript. The protocol and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act-compliant informed consent forms were approved by the respective Institutional Review Boards, and the parent or guardian of each study patient gave written informed consent. ",
year = "2007",
month = jun,
doi = "10.1016/j.ajo.2007.02.029",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "143",
pages = "1060--1063",
journal = "American journal of ophthalmology",
issn = "0002-9394",
publisher = "Elsevier USA",
number = "6",
}