Amblyopia therapy atropine and patching

AMBLYOPIA THERAPY ATROPINE and PATCHING Ophthalmology Department Children’s Hospital No.2 Dr... Amblyopia lazy eye:  Is a disorders of sight;  In an eye;  Out of proportion to assoc

AMBLYOPIA THERAPY

ATROPINE and PATCHING

Ophthalmology Department

Children’s Hospital No.2

Dr Nguyen Thanh Danh

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Amblyopia (lazy eye):

 Is a disorders of sight;

 In an eye;

 Out of proportion to associated structural

problems of the eye

 AAO (American Academy of

 Smoking, drugs, alcohol during pregnancy;

 Premature children (4 times)

 Children with delay mile stones (6 times)

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1 Eliminating any obstacle to vision:

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2 Correcting refractive error:

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3 Forcing use of the poorer eye:

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PEDIG AMBLYOPIA

STUDIES

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PEDID Amblyopia Studies

 PEDIG:

 Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group;

 is funded by the Nation Eye Institute;

 collaborative network dedicated to facilitating multicenter clinical;

 research in strabismus, amblyopia and others eye disorders that affect children

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PEDID Amblyopia Studies

PEDID Amblyopia Studies

Patching Atropine

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PEDID Amblyopia Studies

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PEDID Amblyopia Studies

Atropine

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PEDID Amblyopia Studies

Refractive correction ALONE improves V.A in 1/3 cases.

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PEDID Amblyopia Studies

Up to 17 y.o

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CONCLUSION

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AMBLYOPIA: CAN BE TREATED !

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