Causas de ambliopia e resultados do tratamento

• Main Author: Gonçalves, Fernando [UNESP]
• Publication Date: 2006
• Other Authors: Schellini, Silvana Artioli [UNESP], Heimbeck, Felipe Jorge [UNESP], Furuya, Margareth Tiemi [UNESP], Padovani, Carlos Roberto [UNESP]
• Format: Article
• Language: por
• Source: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Download full: http://www.sboportal.org.br/rbo/2006/rbo_mar_abr_2006.pdf; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/69395
• topic: Amblyopia/rehabilitation; Amblyopia/therapy; Occlusive dressings; Strabismus/therapy

Objective: to evaluate the causes and the results of occlusion amblyopia treatment. Methods: a retrospective study was done including children under 12 years old. Sex, age of starting treatment, etiology, ocular deviation affection, visual acuity and time for the occlusion treatment were evaluated. Results: 158 children had all the requirements to compose the sample. 50.6% were males. 70.2% had esotropia, 13.2% exotropia, 0.7% hypertropia and 4.4% presented horizontal and vertical strabismus. 11.4% had no ocular deviation. 6.6% presented anisometropia, 0.7% congenital cataract and 6.6% other diagnoses. Visual acuity improved in 85.5%, faster in the ortophoric children. The occlusion treatment time was long in all the deviation types. Conclusion: the treatment was beneficial in improving amblyopia in the majority of the children evaluated.