May 2003
Volume 44, Issue 13
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   May 2003
Improvment in Stereoacuity Is Less than Expected After Treatment of Anisometric Amblyopia in Children Without Strabismus
B.I. Riemann; C.D. Riemann MD; S. Crowe COT; E.I. Traboulsi MD
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • B.I. Riemann
    Strabismus, Cincinnati Eye Institute/ Cole Eye Institute, Cincinnati, OH, United States
  • C.D. Riemann MD
    Retina, Cincinnati Eye Institute, Cincinnati, OH, United States
  • S. Crowe COT
    Pediatric Ophthalmology, Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland, OH, United States
  • E.I. Traboulsi MD
    Pediatric Ophthalmology, Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland, OH, United States
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships  B.I. Riemann, None; C.D. Riemann MD, None; S. Crowe COT, None; E.I. Traboulsi MD, None.
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science May 2003, Vol.44, 4830. doi:
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      B.I. Riemann, C.D. Riemann MD, S. Crowe COT, E.I. Traboulsi MD; Improvment in Stereoacuity Is Less than Expected After Treatment of Anisometric Amblyopia in Children Without Strabismus . Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2003;44(13):4830.

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Abstract

Abstract: : Purpose: To determine the relationship between stereoacuity (SA) and visual acuity (VA) in children with anisometropic amblyopia (AA). Methods: SA and VA were retrospectively analyzed before and after amblyopia treatment in 44 children with AA. Results: SA improved from 200 to 152 degrees of stereo arc (p< 0.005) and VA in amblyopic eyes improved from 0.3 ± 0.2 to 0.5 ± 0.3 (p<0.0000001) after amblyopia treatment. The improvement in SA was markedly less than expected given the improvement in VA. (p<0.005) using both internal and historic controls. Conclusions: The modest improvement in SA in the setting of a larger improvement in VA suggests the existence of "stereoscopic amblyopia" as an entity which is distinct from and less responsive to treatment than amblyopia of VA in orthotropic children with AA.

Keywords: visual development • amblyopia • binocular vision/stereopsis 
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