Salahudin Arbi, Zartasha Manzoor, Sidra Qamar, Hafiz Usman Akhtar, Sajjad Muhammad Haider, Razaullah Khan.
Comparative efficacy of amblyopia therapy in different types of refractive errors.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;13(4):945-9.

Aim : To check the comparative efficacy of amblyopia therapy in different types of refractive errors. Method: A comparative cross sectional study was done. Sample size was 40. Age ranges from (0 -16) years. Females were (45%) and males were (57%). Visual acuity and pinhole visual acuity of both eyes was taken. Cycloplegic refraction of each patient was done by using streak retinoscopy to check refractive error objectively. Cyclopentolate was used to attain cycloplegia. BCVA was noted on subjective refraction on PMT and advised patching therapy with close near work for the management of amblyopia. Follow-up was done after 6 month to check the improvement in VA of amblyopic eye. Efficacy of therapy in different types of refractive error was compared. The study was conducted at college of ophthalmology and allied vision sciences, Mayo hospital Lahore, in the month of July to December 2014. Results : Visual acuity improvement was 69.2% in hypermetropic, 64.3% in astigmatism, and 38.5% in myopia patching therapy. Visual acuity does not improve in 30.8% patients having hypermetropia, 35.7% in astigmatism and 61.5% in myopia after patching therapy. Conclusion : It was concluded that patching therapy is more effective in case of hypermetropic amblyopia and astigmatism. Therapy remains less effective in myopic amblyopia.

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