PMID: 9536882Apr 16, 1998Paper

Long-term effect of hypermetropic anisometropia on the visual acuity of treated amblyopic eyes

The British Journal of Ophthalmology
S LevartovskyM Shimshoni

Abstract

To evaluate the effect of the extent of hypermetropic anisometropia on the long term visual acuity results in amblyopic eyes following their treatment by occlusion. The visual acuity of 86 patients, who had been treated for unilateral amblyopia by occlusion of the fellow eye and followed up at least to the age of 9 years, was examined 6.4 years, on average, after cessation of treatment. Patients were divided into two groups--those with a small amount of hypermetropic anisometropia, where the spherical equivalent difference between the eyes ranged between 0 and +1.50 dioptres, and those with a large amount of hypermetropic anisometropia, where the difference was +1.75 dioptres or greater. Deterioration of visual acuity after cessation of occlusion treatment occurred in 51% of the patients in the group with a small amount of anisometropia and in 75% of the patients in the group with a large amount. At cessation of treatment, the average visual acuity in both groups was 20/40+. At the long term follow up examination, however, the average visual acuity was 20/40- and 20/70, respectively. This difference was statistically significant. Hypermetropic anisometropia greater than 1.50 dioptres appears to be a risk factor for deterioratio...Continue Reading

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